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{{Short description|Canadian animation designer, graphic novel artist and illustrator}}
{{Infobox artist
|name = Julie Rocheleau
|image = Julie Rocheleau, prix Bédéis causa 2015-04-10.jpg
|birth_date = 1982
| birth_place= [[Montreal]]
|known_for = illustrator, graphic novels
|nationality = 
}}

'''Julie Rocheleau''' (born 1982) is a Canadian animation designer, [[graphic novel]] artist and illustrator living in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].<ref name=quartanier>{{cite web |url=http://www.lequartanier.com/auteurs/rocheleau.htm |title=Julie Rocheleau |publisher=Le Quartanier |language=fr}}</ref>

From 1999 to 2002, she studied at the [[Cégep du Vieux Montréal]]. Her short animation ''Griselda'' won second prize in a category for promising students in a competition sponsored by [[Teletoon]]. From 2002 to 2011, she worked for different animation studios in character design and [[storyboard]]ing. During the same period, she illustrated books for children and young adults and designed notices for various cultural events. In 2010, she published her first graphic novel ''La Fille invisible'', based on a script by Emilie Villeneuve; the pair received a {{ill|Prix Bédéis causa|fr}} for the work. In 2011, Rocheleau also received a [[Joe Shuster Award]] for outstanding [[colorist|colourist]]; she was also nominated in the outstanding artist category. The first book in the series ''La colère de Fantômas'', with writer {{ill|Olivier Bocquet|fr}} received an award in the graphic novel category at the Festival Interpol'art at [[Reims]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dargaud.com/bd/Auteurs/Rocheleau-Julie |title=Julie Rocheleau |publisher=Dargaud |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lojiq.org/actualites/actualite/article/julie-rocheleau-se-rend-au-festival-international-de-la-bande-dessinee-dangouleme-pour-le-lanceme/ |title=Julie Rocheleau se rend au Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulème pour le lancement de La colère de Fantômas |publisher=Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec |language=fr}}</ref> In 2014, the first book of ''La Colère de Fantomas'' earned her a Joe Shuster Award for outstanding cover artist.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://voir.ca/raymond-poirier/2014/09/22/zviane-julie-rocheleau-et-minikim-primes-a-ledition-2014-des-joe-schuster-awards/ |title=Zviane, Julie Rocheleau et MiniKim primées à l'édition 2014 des Joe Schuster Awards |work=Voir |date=September 22, 2014 |language=fr}}</ref>

== Selected work ==
Source:<ref name=quartanier/>
* ''Tommy l’enfant-loup'' (2015), illustrator, text by [[Samuel Archibald (writer)|Samuel Archibald]]
* ''Deuxième étage de l’océan'' (2015), illustrator, text by Carle Coppens
* ''[[La Petite Patrie|La petite patrie]]'', graphic novel (2015), with writer Normand Grégoire, based on the 1972 novel by [[Claude Jasmin]]
* ''About Betty's Boob'' (2018), with Vero Cazot, published by [[Archaia Entertainment]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name |id=4045238}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian children's book illustrators]]
[[Category:Canadian women children's book illustrators]]
[[Category:Canadian comics artists]]
[[Category:Canadian comics writers]]
[[Category:Canadian animated film directors]]
[[Category:Women animated film directors]]
[[Category:Artists from Montreal]]
[[Category:Film directors from Montreal]]
[[Category:Writers from Montreal]]
[[Category:Canadian graphic novelists]]
[[Category:Canadian female comics artists]]
[[Category:Canadian female comics writers]]
[[Category:Canadian women animators]]
[[Category:Cégep du Vieux Montréal alumni]]


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