- His film, 'Sous Un Soleil Insolite', won the People's Choice Award at L'Université de Montréal student film festival in 1990.
- A passionate film enthusiast, with secret aspiration to become the next Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire, he started dreaming of becoming a filmmaker at a young age.
- A trained logistician of the arts, with over 50 years experience.
- In his spare time, Robert is an avid bird-watcher, with more than 200 sightings in his 'life list'.
- He was an active member of the ACCT [Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television], sitting on the Board of Directors, in the province of Quebec [2004-2006].
- Trained in International Ballroom dancing, by the amazing Méryem Rainville-Pearson, he became a teenage bronze medal world champion representing Canada in Germany, in 1973, with the dance group [Les Myrifiques].
- While at university, Robert worked as a limo driver, a theatrical stage technician and a nude model for art classes.
- August 2006. Danced a tango, along with 38 other dancers, in front of 40,000 people for the televised opening ceremony of the 1st World Outgames in Montréal.
- Bilingual: French & English. Basic notion of: German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
- Was on the board of directors for the DGC (2007-2008) as the Production Managers representative.
- Sings bass. Along with Gaston Rochon's a cappella group, he once recorded the commemorative song for the 150th anniversary of the Lac St-Jean region, in the province of Québec, Canada.
- Canadian military service for 3 years (1974-1977).
- He was a computer system's analyst in the 80s.
- Kevin Spacey is on top of his best actor list.
- Claims that his interest in film - and his nearly encyclopedic accumulation of film knowledge - began at an early age, watching the old Fred Astaire & Ray Harryhausen films.
- Father of Geneviève Leduc.
- Robert was an active DGC [Directors Guild of Canada] member, sitting on the board of directors for the DGC (2008-2009) as the secretary-treasurer.
- Robert was in high school in Montréal, Québec, during the 1970 Québec October Crisis and remembers vividly the military preparations, on his way to school.
- As an actor, he loves to pepper his speech with sound effects and foreign accents.
- Lived 10 years in Vancouver, BC, after a tour with the [Cirque du Soleil[ca]].
- Owned a 1983 CB1000, Honda, 10 speed, dual transmission motorcycle, which he bought in Santa Monica, California while on tour with the 'Cirque du Soleil - Nouvelle Expérience'.
- 2012 February. He is now a member of the ARRQ, the Québec film directors' association.
- Is an award-winning gymnast.
- Has some training in Karate, Judo and Taï Chi.
- He was also a computer system's analyst before entering university.
- Clint Eastwood is on top of his best director list.
- Has driven more than 2,000,000 klms around the world: North-America, Iceland, Europe, Middle-East and Asia. (which represents circling 50 times around the world) thus, a bit more than 1 time every year, in his case, since he started driving.
- Is a world traveler and lover of languages.
- As a lifeguard, he saved 2 lives in his career.
- June 15th 2023; diagnosed with Stage IV kidney cancer.
- Saved a 3rd life, while working in the rafters of a theater installation in Shentzen, China. Caught just in time, a coworker who went through the ceiling, avoiding a 50' drop.
- Trained in Estill Voice Training®. (It is the "secret ingredient" used by some of the world's top performers, voice teachers, and vocal coaches, and is a valuable model for voice users of all kinds.).
- Trained as an actor's director and a voice on microphone actor at Les Ateliers Danielle Fichaud's speech and drama school.
- Robert D. Morais found refuge in his voice, after being diagnosed with a stage 4 kidney cancer. A life-altering decision. He had to undergo an imposed professional reconversion.
- President of his military training class (1974).
- For his project Sounds Like Fame; this film was done on a shoestring budget, by film artisans with the love of movie-making. Thanks to their marvelous contribution.
- Morais was awarded a Telefilm Canada development grant for a proposed feature film (1996).
- Robert D. Morais is also a humanitarian, an environmentalist & a diplomat.
- As a politician, he ran for office twice in 2015 & 2019 for the Canadian federal elections, with environment protection in mind, being a Green Party of Canada candidate.
- Robert's love of storytelling & the movies started at a very young age, when his father showed him the intricacies of his 8mm camera.
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