Roger Frappier (born April 14, 1945) is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter.
While at the National Film Board of Canada in the early 1980s, he assembled a group of writer/directors who collaborated on developing edgy, urban dramas.
The script for Le Déclin de l’empire américain emerged from the process that Frappier had set in motion.
He left the NFB in 1986 and founded Max Films with Pierre Gendron, producing Un Zoo la nuit in 1987, the winner of 13 Genie Awards, still a record.
Members of the Cosmos collective went on to make two of the most celebrated works in recent Québécois cinema, Un 32 août sur terre and Maelström, underscoring Frappier’s eye for fresh talent.