He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on May 1, 2002 for his services to music.
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A Quebecois song lyricist.
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Lives in Montreux, Switzerland.
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He is a Quebec sovereigntist.
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He has written several musicals. Among them Starmania and Notre-Dame de Paris.
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He has worked with several famous Francophone singers, including Johnny Hallyday, Julien Clerc, Céline Dion, Robert Charlebois, Garou, Daniel Lavoie and Bruno Pelletier.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les grands du rire
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
40 mg d'amour par jour
2005
Short writer: "Besoin d'amour"
Starmania: 25 ans déjà
2005
TV Special writer: "Le Blues du Businessman", "Ce soir on danse à Naziland", "La complainte de la serveuse automate", "Les uns contre les autres", "Besoin d'amour", "Quand on arrive en ville", "S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse", "Le monde est stone", "Monopolis", "Un garçon pas comme les autres Ziggy"
Ma vie en cinémascope
2004
writer: "Alys en cinémascope"
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001
Documentary writer: "Le Blues du Businessman"
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
writer: "Les Blues du Business Man"
Le château des oliviers
1993
TV Mini-Series lyrics: "La Chanson d'Estelle" - as Luc Plamendon
Les beaux dimanches spécial incognito
1987
TV Movie writer: "Incognito", "Lolita"
Incident at Restigouche
1984
Documentary writer: "Escarmouche à Restigouche"
Scandale
1982
writer: "Call Girl"
Il était une fois... Patrick Bruel
2014
TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Monopolis"
Camping paradis
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Samedi soir on chante France Gall
2013
TV Movie lyrics: "Monopolis", "Quand on a plus rien à perdre", "Besoin d'amour"
Unité 9
2013
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Laurence Anyways
2012
writer: "Oxygène"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona
2002
TV Movie libretto
Starmania
2000
TV Movie writer
Notre-Dame de Paris
1999
TV Movie libretto
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Life Is a Highway: Canadian Pop Music in the 1990s
2011
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - songwriter
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
$8 Million