Érik Canuel
Érik Canuel | |
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| Born | 1961 |
| Died | (aged 63) |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television director |
| Years active | 1997–2024 |
Érik Canuel(1961 – June 15, 2024) was a Canadian film and television director fromMontreal,Quebec.
Canuel, the son of actorYvan Canuel,[1]began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists asPaul Piché,Sass Jordan,Norman Iceberg,Vilain PingouinandSylvain Cossette.After shooting a number of TV commercials, several of them award-winners, he worked as a director on the television seriesBig Wolf on Campus,for theFoxnetwork, andThe Hunger,broadcast on Showtime andThe Movie Network.
In 2000, hisIMAXfilmHemingway: A Portraitwon aGenie Awardfor best short documentary,[2]as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at theMiamiAventura Imax Days. Canuel also directedMatthew Blackheart: Monster Smasherin 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, andBon Cop, Bad Copin 2006, receiving numerous nominations and awards.
In 2010, Canuel directed the episode "Fa la Erica" (season 3, ep. 11) of the TV seriesBeing Erica.In 2016, he directed a segment of the collective film9(9, le film).[3]
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 seriesTransplant.
He often made cameo appearances in his own films.[citation needed]
Canuel died ofplasma cell leukemiaon June 15, 2024, at the age of 63.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^Demers, Maxime (May 16, 2012)."« C'est une forme d'hommage à mon père » - Érik Canuel".Le Journal de Montréal.
- ^"Winners at the Genie Awards".Welland Tribune,January 31, 2000.
- ^Alain de Repentigny,"9 - Le film: un «truc de gang»".La Presse,September 7, 2016.
- ^"Érik Canuel, director of Bon Cop, Bad Cop and other Quebec hit films, has died at 63 / Canuel was diagnosed with cancer 7 years ago".CBC News.June 17, 2024.
- ^Zone Arts-ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (June 17, 2024)."Érik Canuel, réalisateur de Bon cop, bad cop, est mort à 63 ans".Radio-Canada(in French).
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- 1961 births
- 2024 deaths
- Canadian television directors
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Short Documentary Film
- Film directors from Montreal
- Canadian Comedy Award winners
- Canadian music video directors
- Television commercial directors
- Deaths from leukemia in Canada
- Deaths from lymphocytic leukemia