Maxime Giroux
Maxime Giroux (born 16 April 1976) is a film director from Quebec, Canada.
Giroux was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos. In 2006, his film The Days (Les Jours) won the prize for best short film at the Toronto International Film Festival,[1] and in 2007 his film Red (Le Rouge au sol) won the award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 27th Genie Awards.
His videography includes music videos for Sam Roberts, Sarah Harmer, The Dears, Pilate, Louise Forestier, Corneille, Marc Déry, Les Cowboys Fringants and Vulgaires Machins.[2]
In October 2007, he began working on his first feature film, Tomorrow (Demain), which premiered at the Torino Film Festival in 2008[3] before going into commercial release in 2009.[4]
In 2014, he directed Félix et Meira, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film.[5]
Filmography[]
- Red (Le rouge au sol) - short, 2006
- The Days (Les Jours) - short, 2006
- Tomorrow (Demain) - 2008
- Jo for Jonathan (Jo pour Jonathan) - 2010
- Head Down (La tête en bas) - short, 2013
- Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) - 2014
- The Great Darkened Days (La Grande noirceur) - 2018
- Untitled Norbourg Scandal Project
References[]
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival Group News Release Festival's 2006 Awards Reception Honours Distinguished Canadian and International Titles Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Maxime Giroux profile at mvdbase.com
- ^ Camillo De Marco, "Turin FF: Moretti promises “earnest and cheerful” event". Cineuropa, November 8, 2008.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Demain – Film de Maxime Giroux". Films du Québec, January 5, 2009.
- ^ "Felix and Meira named best Canadian feature at TIFF". Playback, September 15, 2014.
External links[]
- 1976 births
- Canadian music video directors
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Live Action Short Drama
- Film directors from Montreal
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- People from Quebec stubs