Jean-François Pouliot

Jean-François Pouliot (born 1957 in Montreal , Province of Québec , Canada ) is a Canadian director .

life and work

Pouliot studied art, communication and philosophy at Concordia University in Montreal. He began with short films and as a camera assistant, for example in the tragic comedy Hotel New Hampshire (1984) by director Tony Richardson with Rob Lowe and Jodie Foster .

In around 15 years of work, Pouliot created around five hundred commercials and founded the software company Eloda for television advertising . The script by Ken Scott won him over and he made his first feature film - the comedy The Great Seduction (2003), which won various awards. Among other things, Pouliot won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 . In 2004 he was nominated for the Genie Award to direct this film . This was followed in 2006 by a nomination for this prize for directing Guide de la petite vengeance .

Filmography (selection)

As a director

• 1979: Canada Vignettes: The Egg (short film)
• 1998: Emily of New Moon (TV series)
• 2003: The great seduction ( La grande séduction )
• 2006: Guide de la petite vengeance

As a cameraman

• 1979: Canada Vignettes: The Egg (anonymous)

As a film editor

• 1979: Canada Vignettes: The Egg (anonymous)

In other functions

• 1981: Gas (as an electrician)
• 1982: We Will Rock You: Queen Live in Concert (as camera assistant)
• 1984: Hotel New Hampshire ( The Hotel New Hampshire ) (as assistant to the second camera)

Web links

• Jean-François Pouliot in the Internet Movie Database (English)