Eric Canuel

Eric Canuel (* 1964 in Montreal ; sometimes Erik Canuel and Érik Canuel ) is a Canadian director .

Life

Through his family, he was in contact with the theater at a young age. His father was the actor Yvan Canuel (1935-1999). His brother, Nicolas Canuel, is also an actor. Eric Canuel graduated from Concordia University . From 1992 he created over 200 television commercials and 50 music videos for the Montreal television advertising company Cinélande . He also directs television series and movies.

In 2000, Canuel won a Genie Award for the short documentary Hemingway: A Portrait . In 2005 he shot the remake of Le Survenant (1957) based on the novel of the same name by Germaine Guèvremont . In 2007 he was nominated for the 27th Genie Awards for directing Good Cop Bad Cop . Patrick Huard and Colm Feore star in this action comedy as police officers investigating a series of murders.

Canuel has three children.

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1999: Hemingway: A Portrait
• 1997–1999: The Hunger (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2000: Live Through This
• 2001: La Loi du cochon
• 2002: Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
• 1999–2002: Teenage Werewolf ( Big Wolf on Campus , TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2002: Vampire High (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2003: Nez rouge
• 2004: Le Dernier tunnel
• 2005: Le Survenant
• 2006: Good Cop Bad Cop (Bon Cop, Bad Cop)
• 2009: Cadavres

Screenwriter

• 1999: Hemingway: A Portrait

Web links

• Eric Canuel in the Internet Movie Database (English)