Érik Canuel
Directing
- Born
- April 30, 1961 · Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Died
- June 15, 2024 (age 63)
Érik Canuel (April 30, 1961 - June 15, 2024) was a film director and actor from Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché, Sass Jordan, Norman Iceberg, 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 The Movie Network.
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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 Miami 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 Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2006, receiving numerous nominations and awards.
In 2010, Canuel directed the episode "Fa la Erica" (season 3, ep. 11) of the TV series Being Erica. In 2016, he directed a segment of the collective film 9 (9, le film).
In 2020, Canuel directed the last four episodes entitled "Collapse", "Orphans", "Relapse" and "The Only Way Out Is Through" of the first season of the TV series Transplant.
Canuel passed away June 15, 2024.
Known for
Behind the camera13
- 2017Undercover Grandpa Director
- 20169 Director
- 2015Bad Hair Day Director
- 2013Mirror Lake Director, Writer
- 2012Barrymore Screenplay, Director
- 2009Cadavres Director
- 2006Bon Cop Bad Cop Director
- 2005The Outlander Director
- 2004The Last Tunnel Director
- 2003Red Nose Director
