Robert Budreau is a Canadian director, screenwriter and producer at his Toronto

Toronto

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-based production company, Lumanity Productions.

Before completing his debut theatrical feature film That Beautiful Somewhere

That Beautiful Somewhere

That Beautiful Somewhere is a Canadian feature film written, directed and produced by Robert Budreau, produced by Ian Murray and executive produced by Bill Plumstead for Loon Film Inc. and Lumanity Productions. The film stars Roy Dupuis and Jane McGregor. The screenplay was based on the novel Loon,...

starring Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis

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, he made a series of short films that won awards at film festival around the world and aired on various television stations. His short film Judgment Call [sic

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] won Best Short Film on the Emmy-nominated PBS series 'The Short List', while his short film Dry Whiskey [sic

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] (executive produced by Fred Fuchs

Fred Fuchs

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, former head of Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

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's American Zoetrope

American Zoetrope

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) has won multiple awards at various film festivals, including Best Film at Cinefest Sudbury 2005 and will appear in 2007 on Alliance Atlantis

Alliance Atlantis

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 Showcase.

He originally completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology/Biology at McMaster University

McMaster University

McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

 in Hamilton, Ontario where he received the Governor General's Medal and a Chancellor's Scholarship. He also authored 'Perception During Early Infancy', for the Journal of Psychological Science and played on the McMaster Varsity Volleyball team. (Previously, Budreau played on the Ontario Junior Provincial basketball team.)

Budreau then obtained a law degree at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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 and at the University of California - Hasting College of the Law in San Francisco, California. While attending law school, he also completed a film diploma at the Vancouver Film School

Vancouver Film School

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, worked in development at British Columbia Film and consulted at the Director's Guild of Canada.

Budreau worked as a corporate/entertainment lawyer at Goodmans LLP in Toronto from 2001 to 2004 before leaving the practice of law to focus on filmmaking full-time.

Filmography

• That Beautiful Somewhere (2006)
• The Unspoken Promise (2006)
• The Secret Miracle (2006)
• Sunshine Swim Team (2006)
• Drag (2006)
• Dry Whiskey (2005)
• Welcome (2005)
• Yesteryears (2005)
• The Unfolding (2004)
• Judgment Call (2004)
• Do No Harm (2004)
• Photographic Fate (2003)
• Dream Recording (2003)
• The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard (2003)
• Dylanology (2002)

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