Louis Bélanger (born 1964 in Beauport, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker

Denis Chouinard Denis Chouinard (born 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Filmmaking from Cégep de Saint-Laurent and a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmma ...

; both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films. His film ''

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'' won him Best Director at the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...

and earned him two Genie Awards, for best new director and best screenplay. He began making films and long-form videos while still a student. He shot videos for

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in the late 1990s before turning to directing his first feature, the multi-award winning ''Post Mortem'' in 1999. His follow-up was ''Lauzon-Lauzone'', a documentary about the late bad-boy director

Jean-Claude Lauzon Jean-Claude Lauzon (September 29, 1953 – August 10, 1997) was a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. Born to a working class family in Montreal, Quebec, Lauzon dropped out of high school and worked various jobs before studying film at the Unive ...

, and a second feature in 2003, the very assured and mature ''Gaz Bar Blues''. Influenced by the man-of-the-people- docudrama style of

John Cassavetes John Nicholas Cassavetes ( ; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as a television and film actor, Cassavetes also helped pioneer American independent cinema, writing and direc ...

and

Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty ('' Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessn ...

, he has said that "there aren’t any new stories to tell; all that matters is the telling."

Filmography

Feature films

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Gaz Bar Blues ''Gaz Bar Blues'' is a 2003 Québécois comedy-drama film written and directed by Louis Bélanger. The film is set in 1989 in the outskirts of an unspecified Québécois city. Plot François Brochu (Serge Thériault), named "the boss", is the ow ...

'' - 2003 *'' The Genius of Crime (Le génie du crime)'' - 2006 *'' The Timekeeper (L'Heure de vérité)'' - 2009 *'' Route 132'' - 2010 *'' Bad Seeds (Les Mauvaises herbes)'' - 2016 *'' Living 100 MPH (Vivre à 100 milles à l'heure)'' - 2019

Other films

*''Dogmatisme ou Le songe d'Adrien'' (Short film co-directed with Denis Chouinard, 1988) *''Le soleil et ses traces'' (Short film co-directed with Denis Chouinard, 1990) *''Les galeries Wilderton'' (Short film, 1991) *''Les 14 définitions de la pluie'' (Short film co-directed with Denis Chouinard, 1993) *''Lauzon Lauzone'' (Documentary, 2000) *''

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'' (TV movie, 2003) *''Lies and Deception'' (TV movie, 2005)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belanger, Louis 1964 births Living people French Quebecers Film directors from Quebec Canadian screenwriters in French Writers from Quebec City Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Date of birth missing (living people) Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Best Director Jutra and Iris Award winners