Martin Villeneuve

Martin Villeneuve
Born	Martin Villeneuve 13 March 1978 (1978-03-13) (age 33) Trois-Rivières, Canada
Occupation	Screenwriter, film producer, film director, art director, writer
Years active	2001–present

Martin Villeneuve (born March 13, 1978 in Trois-Rivières) is a Montreal-based screenwriter, producer, director and art director.

Biography

He studied film at Concordia University and graphic design at Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2002, he received a grant from the Sid Lee Agency^[1] (formerly Diesel) for the quality of his portfolio. For the next three years, he worked as an artistic director with the agency, especially for Cirque du Soleil. In this capacity, he helped create advertising campaigns for shows like Zumanity, KÀ and Corteo. A freelancer since 2005, he directed the TV advertising for the Cirque du Soleil shows DELIRIUM and Saltimbanco, as well as the web site for the MGM Mirage’s City Center real-estate project in Las Vegas. Martin Villeneuve is also an author. He has created both volumes of the graphic novel Mars et Avril (Éditions Sid Lee & la Pastèque, 2006), as well as the comic book La voix du tonnerre (Éditions Les 400 coups, 2004), which received enthusiastic acclaim and won many awards. He is currently working on the post-production of his first feature film, Mars et Avril, based on the graphic novels of the same name, for which he has written the screenplay and is the producer and director.^[2] The film, starring Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani and Robert Lepage, will be distributed in Canada by Alliance Vivafilm and is set to be released in 2012.^[3]

Martin Villeneuve’s next movie will be a screen adaptation of a 1974 young adult sci-fi novel, House of Stairs, by the late American writer William Sleator. The feature film, set to be packaged for production in Montreal in the second half of 2012, will be written by Doug Taylor (Splice), produced by Scott G. Hyman (500 Days of Summer), Michael Glassman (Phat Girlz) and Michael Solomon.^[4]

Selected bibliography

Graphic novels

• Mars et Avril, tome 1, photo-novel, photography by Yanick Macdonald, Éd. Les 400 coups, 2002 (revised version published by Diesel & la Pastèque in 2006).
• La voix du tonnerre, comic book, illustrations by Daniel Svatek, Éd. Les 400 coups, 2004.
• Mars et Avril, tome 2 : À la poursuite du fantasme, photo-novel, photography by Yanick Macdonald, Éd. Diesel & la Pastèque, 2006.

Selected filmography

• Mars et Avril (2012)

References

1. ^ Sid Lee website
2. ^ Denis Villeneuve's brother Martin imagines future Montreal with 'Mars et Avril', article from Canadian Press, October 26, 2011
3. ^ Jacques Languirand dans l'espace, article from La Presse, April 29, 2011
4. ^ "Scott G. Hyman Launches Zest Productions to Shoot Movies in Canada". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-11-17. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-g-hyman-launches-zest-263079. 

External links

• Mars et Avril at the Internet Movie Database
• Jacques Languirand dans l'espace, article from La Presse, April 29, 2011
• Mars et Avril sortira en 2012, article from Le Journal de Montréal, April 29, 2011
• Mars et Avril en 2012, April 28, 2011
• Exclusive look at Canadian scifi film MARS ET AVRIL a graphic novel adaptation, article from Quiet Earth, April 4, 2011

Persondata
Name	Villeneuve, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter
Date of birth	13 March 1978
Place of birth	Montreal, Canada
Date of death
Place of death