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Rodgers, Guy

Guy Rex Rodgers is a Canadian arts activist, journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He was born on the Canadian prairies and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia and Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the University of New South Wales and in 1980, he returned to Canada. He got accepted into a new playwriting program at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec. He worked in film and television and specialized in writing large-scale multimedia productions for museums and special events across Canada, as well as the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Rodgers has also worked in television, interviewing artists for the Montreal International Jazz Festival and writing TV specials. He recently wrote a pictorial history book for Montreal’s Welcome Hall Mission to commemorate its 125th anniversary. He is also a musician and has recently performed in several editions of Tim Brady’s symphonies for 100 guitarists. In 2015, he was appointed to l’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec. A long-time arts activist, Rodgers was co-founder of the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF) and the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF). He was also a member of the founding board of le Conseil des arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ) and was Executive Director of the English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) from its inception in 2004 until 2021. In 2022, he wrote and directed the documentary "What We Choose To Remember," which explores the identity of people who identify as English speakers in Quebec. He is married to Louise Gauthier and lives in Montreal, Quebec.