Érik Canuel (born 1961) is a film director and actor from

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, Canada. Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel, began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché,

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, Vilain Pingouin and Sylvain Cossette. After shooting a number of TV commercials, several of them award-winners, he worked as a director on the television series ''Big Wolf on Campus'', for the Fox network, and ''The Hunger'', broadcast on Showtime and

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. In 2000, his Imax film ''Hemingway: A Portrait'' won a Genie Award for best short documentary, as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at the

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Aventura Imax Days. Canuel also directed ''Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher'' in 2000, '' The Pig's Law (La Loi du cochon)'' in 2001, '' Red Nose (Nez rouge)'' in 2003, '' The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel)'' in 2004, '' The Outlander (Le Survenant)'' in 2005, and ''

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'' in 2006, receiving numerous nominations and awards. In 2010, Canuel directed the episode "Fa la Erica" (season 3, ep. 11) of the TV series ''

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''. In 2016, he directed a segment of the collective film '' 9 (9, le film)''.Alain de Repentigny
"9 - Le film: un «truc de gang»"
'' La Presse'', September 7, 2016. In 2020, Canuel directed the last four episodes entitled " Collapse", "

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" and " The Only Way Out Is Through" of the first season of the TV series '' Transplant''. He often makes cameo appearances as a bit part actor in his own films.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canuel, Erik 1964 births Living people Canadian television directors Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Short Documentary Film French Quebecers Film directors from Montreal Canadian Comedy Award winners Canadian music video directors Television commercial directors