Philippe Falardeau

Falardeau doing a Q&A at the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam

Philippe Falardeau (born 1968 in Hull, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.

His first feature film, The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) (2000) won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards. Falardeau also received the Claude Jutra Award at the Canadian Genies in 2001 for this film.

Falardeau's Congorama won him a Genie Award in 2007 for Best Original Screenplay. His 2011 film Monsieur Lazhar was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.^[1]

Filmography

• The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) (2000)
• Congorama (2006)
• C'est pas moi, je le jure! (2008)
• Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
• In the Name of the Son (2012)
• The Good Lie (2013)
• My Internship in Canada (2015)
• The Bleeder (2016)

References

1. "Oscars 2012: Nominees in full". BBC News. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

External links

• Northern Stars entry for Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau at the Internet Movie Database