Stéphane Lafleur (born 1976Stéphane Lafleur telequebec.tv) is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician."Director Stéphane Lafleur, at TIFF with Tu Dors Nicole, could be the next big (Canadian) thing". National Post, September 12, 2014.
Career Lafleur attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 1999, he directed his first short film, Karaoke, which received an honorable mention for the Best Canadian Short Film award at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival.Liam Lacey, "Five Senses tops jury list at Toronto Film Festival Canadian audience gazes favourably on American Beauty at award brunch capping off star-studded year". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1999. He released his second short film, Snooze, in 2002.
In 2007, he directed his first feature film, Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film won the Jutra Award for direction and screenwriting as well as the Best Canadian First Feature at TIFF.
His second film, Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus), was released in 2011. In the same year, he collaborated with musicians Andre Ethier, Mathieu Charbonneau and Rebecca Foon on Prince Albert, a short film released as part of the National Parks Project.
His third feature film, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole), premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
As an editor, he won the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing in 2011 for Monsieur Lazhar.
As a musician, he is a member of the folk-rock band Avec pas d'casque."Tu dors Nicole: What comes after coming of age?". Montreal Gazette, August 22, 2014.
In 2015 he was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup."Stéphane Lafleur sera la tête du Festival du film de Rivière-du-Loup". Infodimanche, December 17, 2014.
Filmography
As director 1999 - Karaoke (short) 2002 - Snooze (short) 2007 - Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) 2011 - Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus) 2011 - Prince Albert (short) 2014 - You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) 2022 - VikingCharles-Henri Ramond, "Stéphane Lafleur tourne Viking". Films du Québec, December 1, 2021.
As writer 2007 - Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) 2011 - Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus) 2014 - You're Sleeping, Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)
As film editor 2003 - Me Bob Robert 2005 - Peter and the Penny 2008 - Gilles 2011 - Monsieur Lazhar 2013 - The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) 2015 - O Negative 2016 - Mutants 2019 - I'll End Up in Jail (Je finirai en prison) 2020 - Shooting Star (Comme une comète) 2023 - Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) 2026 - Pauline (Pauline Julien: femme pays)
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