Robert Budreau

Robert Budreau (born January 25, 1974 in London, ON, Canada) is a Canadian director, screenwriter and producer at his Toronto-based production company, Lumanity Productions.

Before completing his debut theatrical feature film That Beautiful Somewhere starring Roy Dupuis, 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 won Best Short Film on the Emmy-nominated PBS series 'The Short List' and his short film Dry Whiskey (executive produced by Fred Fuchs, former head of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope) has won multiple awards at various film festivals, including Best Film at Cinefest Sudbury 2005 and will appear in 2007 on Alliance Atlantis Showcase.

He originally completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology/Biology at McMaster University 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, Robert played on the Ontario Junior Provincial basketball team.)

Robert then obtained a law degree at the University of British Columbia 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, worked in development at British Columbia Film and consulted at the Director's Guild of Canada.

Robert worked as a corporate/entertainment lawyer at Goodmans LLP in Toronto from 2001 to 2004 before leaving the practise 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)

External links

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