Xavier Dolan
Directing
Born March 20, 1989 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination.
Filmography
The Great Arch
Jean-Louis Subilon
Lean On Me
Hot Ones Québec
Self
The Beast
Système intelligence artificielle (voice)
Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Jacques-Henri (voice)
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Night Logan Woke Up
Elliot Larouche
Charlotte
Lost Illusions
Nathan d'Anastazio
Star Académie
Self - Academy Teacher
Smoothie
Happily Married
Sexiste #3
Matthias & Maxime
Maxime
The Physics of Sorrow
(voice)
It Chapter Two
Adrian Mellon
Relai
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Le cri du rhinocéros
Self
Bad Times at the El Royale
Buddy Sunday
Boy Erased
Jon
Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura
Anatane
Des hommes stylés
Self
Il était une fois... « Mommy »
Self
Rétroviseur
Self
It's Only the End of the World
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
Elephant Song
Michael Aleen
Les recettes pompettes
Self
PaparaGilles
Self
Mommy
L'Été indien
Self
Tom at the Farm
Tom
Miraculum
Étienne Simard
En mode Salvail
Self
An Extraordinary Person
Les bobos
Xavier Dolan
Laurence Anyways
Man at the Party (uncredited)
Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Julien (segment "Mirrors")
Good Neighbours
Jean-Marc
Lipsett Diaries
Narrator (voice)
Heartbeats
Francis
En audition avec Simon
Xavier Dolan
Taxi payant
Self
I Killed My Mother
Hubert Minel
Suzie
Punk
Les Appendices
Self
Martyrs
Antoine
Vlog
Self
Mirrors
Julien
Tout le monde en parle
Self
The Hidden Fortress
Michael
Heads or Tails
Edouard
Omertà, la loi du silence
Nicholas Favara
Bye Bye