Jeffrey St. Jules is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2015 for his debut feature film ''

Bang Bang Baby ''Bang Bang Baby'' is a Canadian Musical film, musical science-fiction film written and directed by Jeffrey St. Jules, which premiered in 2014 at Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Stepphy, a teenager living in the small town of Lonely Arm ...

''. The film also won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the

2014 Toronto International Film Festival The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin's film '' The Judge'', starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duv ...

Career

Originally from

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Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

,"TIFF 2014: Jeffrey St. Jules, Canada’s master of the surreal short film, tries on long form for size"
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The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', September 4, 2014. St. Jules studied creative writing and film at

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

. Prior to making ''Bang Bang Baby'', St. Jules wrote and directed a number of short films, including ''The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles'', '' The Tragic Story of Nling'', ''The Long Autumn'', '' Let the Daylight Into the Swamp'' and a music video for

Apostle of Hustle Apostle of Hustle was a Canadian indie rock group, formed as a side project in 2001 by Andrew Whiteman, who has been in such groups as Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Que Vida and plays as the lead guitarist for the indie supergroup Broken Social Sc ...

's "National Anthem of Nowhere". He won the Jackson-Triggs Award for Best Emerging Canadian Filmmaker at the

CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival The Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), founded by Brenda Sherwood in 1994, was an annual film festival held over several days in Toronto, Ontario in June, at The Annex- Yorkville area venues; including the Bloor Cinema, t ...

in 2005 for ''Joe Jangles'', and in the same year became the first Canadian film director ever admitted to the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

's residency program for emerging filmmakers. ''The Tragic Story of Nling'' was a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

28th Genie Awards The 28th Genie Awards were held on March 3, 2008 to honour films released in 2007. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was broadcast on E! and Independent Film Channel and hosted by ...

. ''Let the Daylight into the Swamp'', an experimental documentary film about his grandparents, was a shortlisted nominee for Best Short Documentary at the

1st Canadian Screen Awards The 1st Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 3, 2013, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2012.Cinema of Sleep ''Cinema of Sleep'' is a 2021 Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by Jeffrey St. Jules.Andy Howell"Cinema of Sleep" '' Film Threat'', April 13, 2021. The film stars Dayo Ade as Anthony, a Nigerian refugee staying in a motel room while ...

'', was released in 2021. St. Jules received a nomination for the Directors Guild of Canada's

DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film The DGC Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in feature films in Canada. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020 ...

.Kelly Townsend
"All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards"
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'', September 24, 2021.

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* Film directors from Nova Scotia Canadian male screenwriters Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners People from the Halifax Regional Municipality Living people Canadian music video directors Canadian Film Centre alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male writers {{Canada-film-director-stub