Simon-Olivier Fecteau (born July 28, 1975) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, producer and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He was

nominated A candidate, or nominee, is the prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example: * to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs. * ...

in 2008 for a

Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents one or more annual awards for the Best Screenplay for a Canadian film. Originally presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, from 1980 until 2012 the award continued as part of the Gen ...

for ''

Bluff Bluff or The Bluff may refer to: Places Australia * Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich * The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality * Bluff River (New ...

'' with Marc-André Lavoie and

David Gauthier David Gauthier (; born 10 September 1932) is a Canadian-American philosopher best known for his neo-Hobbesian social contract (contractarian) theory of morality, as developed in his 1986 book ''Morals by Agreement''. Life and career Gauthie ...

. He was also the creator, writer, director, and star of the webseries "En audition avec Simon", where he plays an arrogant director who is auditioning actors. In 2014, he starred in the TV series "Ces gars-là" along with fellow Canadian comedian

Sugar Sammy Samir Khullar (born 29 February 1976), better known as Sugar Sammy, is a Canadian Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer from Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Being fluently quadrilingual, his is comedy routines are delivered ...

Recognition

* 2008 Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay - ''Bluff'' - Nominee (with David Gauthier, David Gauthier) * 2006 Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama - '' The Remaining Days (Les Derniers jours)'' - Nominated (shared with: Guillaume Lespérance, Jean-François Lord)Guy Dixon, "Forget the awards. Watch the party". ''

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 ...

'', January 26, 2006.

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* 1975 births Living people Canadian male film actors Film directors from Quebec Canadian film editors Film producers from Quebec Canadian screenwriters in French Canadian male television actors Canadian television directors Canadian television writers French Quebecers Canadian male television writers {{Canada-film-director-stub