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Belhumeur Alain
Alain Belhumeur is a filmmaker, editor, and cinematographer who has worked in audiovisual production since 1982. His films have been awarded prestigious prizes and screened in numerous international festivals.
In 1989, he directed The Cry of the Beluga, which won Best Educational Film at the Parcomondo 2000 Festival in Italy; Special Jury Prize at the ECOFILM '90 Festival in Czechoslovakia and a Gémeaux Award for Best Sound. In 1995, he directed The Empty Net, a 50-minute documentary about the crisis of the Atlantic fisheries.
In 1998, he was cinematographer and co-director (with Jean Lemire) of the documentary Encounters with Whales of the St. Lawrence, which received Gémeaux Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound; the Prix international de l'Institut francais de la mer (Toulon, France); and the Grand Prize at the International Television Festival (New Jersey, USA), Nature/Wildlife Category.
He also directed The Mystery of the Blue Whale in 1998 and Seal on the Rock in 2000. The latter is a documentary about the hunters and ecologists who face off every year on the ice floes over the killing of harp seals. His latest film, completed in 2001, is J'ai pour toi un lac, a documentary on the future of lakes inhabited by humans.
