- Eric Canuel
Eric Canuel (born 1964) is a film director and actor from
Quebec ,Canada . Eric Canuel (also credited in Québec as Érik Canuel) began his career in the mid '80s making music videos for such artists asPaul Piché ,Sass Jordan ,Norman Iceberg ,Vilain Pingouin andSylvain Cossette . After shooting a number of TV commercials, several of them award-winners, he worked as a director on the television series "Big Wolf on Campus", for the Fox network, and "The Hunger", broadcast on Showtime andThe Movie Network . In 2000, hisImax film "Hemingway: A Portrait" won aGenie Award for best short documentary, as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at theMiami Aventura Imax Days. Canuel also directed "Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher" in 2000, "Pigs Law (La Loi du cochon)" in 2001, "Nez Rouge" in 2003, "Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel)" - starring Michel Côté andJean Lapointe - in 2004, "The Outlander (Le Survenant)" in 2005, and "Bon Cop, Bad Cop " in 2006; receiving numerous nominations and awards.Trivia
Many of director Eric Canuel's productions contain a cameo appearance by Canuel.
External links
*imdb name|id=0134811|name=Eric Canuel
* [http://www.vh1.com/movies/person/262548/personmain.jhtml?personid=262548 Eric Canuel’s Filmography at VH1]
* [http://www.christalfilms.com/officialsites/lederniertunnel/ Le Dernier Tunnel - Official Movie Site]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=255133 New York Times Article on Eric Canuel’s Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher]
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