Louis Bélanger is a Canadian film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. He has a degree in Communications from UQAM

Université du Québec à Montréal

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. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Denis Chouinard

Denis Chouinard

Denis Chouinard is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Filmmaking from Cégep de Saint-Laurent and a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Louis Bélanger; both men created several short films together before branching off...

; both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films. His film Post Mortem won him Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival

Montreal World Film Festival

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 and earned him two Genie Award

Genie Award

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s, for best new director and best screenplay.

Feature films

• Route 132 (2010)
• The Timekeeper (2009)
• Le génie du crime (The Genius of Crime) (2006)
• Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
• Post Mortem (1999)

Other films

• Lies and Deception (TV movie, 2005)
• Nightlight
  Nightlight (film)
  Nightlight is a 2003 television film directed by Louis Bélanger.-Plot:The film opens with a voyeur taking pictures of an unknown woman dressing up...
  
  (TV movie, 2003)
• Lauzon Lauzone (Documentary, 2000)
• Les 14 définitions de la pluie (Short film co-directed with Denis Chouinard, 1993)
• Les galeries Wilderton (Short film, 1991)
• Le soleil et ses traces (Short film co-directed with Denis Chouinard, 1990)
• Dogmatisme ou Le songe d'Adrien (Short film co-directed with Denis Chouinard, 1988)

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