Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and 1970s. [1 ] Her first film, the black and white surrealist fictional documentary De mère en fille (1968…
In 1975 Anne ClairePoirier was named Executive Producer and Studio Chief of the NFB's French production unit. In this capacity she directed two Société nouvelle programs and began working on what would become her most widely acclaimed film…