Director
Denis Côté
52 years · Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada · 36 films
Denis Côté is an independent filmmaker and producer living in Quebec, of Brayon origin. His experimental films have been shown at major film festivals around the world. An uncompromising and prolific maverick who challenges audiences rather than offering them crystal clear, classically structured narratives, Côté has won acclaim and awards in Canada and internationally for his independent features and documentaries. Côté’s films are starkly minimalist, strangely poetic, dryly funny and thematically enigmatic. His deadpan style and marginalized characters have earned him an international reputation as one of Canada’s leading auteurs.
Best known for
Filmography 36
Nobody's Violence
2026 · Director, Writer
L'avenir
2025 · Actor
Paul
2025 · Director, Writer
Days Before the Death of Nicky
2024 · Director, Writer
Mademoiselle Kenopsia
2023 · Director, Producer
On myfilmfriend
That Kind of Summer
2022 · Director, Writer
Renegade Breakdown Live
2021 · Director
Social Hygiene
2021 · Producer, Screenplay
On myfilmfriend
cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm
2020 · Director
Wilcox
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Ghost Town Anthology
2019 · Director, Writer
A Skin So Soft
2018 · Producer, Director
Boris Without Beatrice
2016 · Director, Writer
On OVID
May We Sleep Soundly
2015 · Director
Here in Lisbon
2015 · Director
Excursions
2015 · Director, Writer
Joy of Man's Desiring
2014 · Director, Writer
Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
2013 · Director, Screenplay
On OVID
L'ours
2013 · Denis Côté
Bestiary
2012 · Director, Writer
On OVID
Curling
2010 · Director, Screenplay
The Enemy Lines
2010 · Director
Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010
2010 · Director
Carcasses
2009 · Director, Writer