Carmen Bourassa

Carmen Bourassa (1942 – 25 December 2021) was a Canadian television producer.

Life and career
Bourassa was born the oldest of seven children in Trois-Rivières in 1942. She attended the École normale du Christ-Roi and began working for the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec. There, she led the movement to allow educational television programs for children in schools. Subsequently, the program Passe-Partout was created, and she participated in the production of 125 episodes alongside Louise Poliquin and Laurent Lachance.

He continued with the production of Passe-Partout into the 1990s as well as that of Tandem (1989 TV series). In 2009, she explained to Le Nouvelliste that the series which she produced centred around childhood education. Her later series included Graffiti (TV series) on Télé-Québec from 1992 to 1995, Zap (TV series) on Télé-Quebec from 1993 to 1996, and Toc toc toc on Radio-Canada since 2007. She also produced multiple series for Telefiction.

Bourassa died on 25 December 2021, at the age of 79.

Filmography

 * Passe-Partout (1977–1991)
 * Zap (1993–1996)
 * Pin-Pon (TV series) (1996–2000)
 * Cornemuse (TV series) (1999–2003)
 * Ayoye! (2001–2003)
 * Toc toc toc (2007–2014)
 * 1, 2, 3 Géants (2014–2021)
 * Salmigondis (2015–2021)

Awards

 * Prix Gémeaux
 * Grand Prize of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (2009)