Director
Érik Canuel
65 years · Montréal, Québec, Canada · 13 films
Érik Canuel (April 30, 1961 - June 15, 2024) was a film director and actor from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché, Sass Jordan, Norman Iceberg, Vilain Pingouin and Sylvain 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 and The Movie Network. In 2000, his Imax film Hemingway: A Portrait won a Genie Award for best short documentary, as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at the Miami Aventura Imax Days. Canuel also directed Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher in 2000, The Pig's Law (La Loi du cochon) in 2001, Red Nose (Nez rouge) in 2003, The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel) in 2004, The Outlander (Le Survenant) in 2005, and Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2006, receiving numerous nominations and awards. In 2010, Canuel directed the episode "Fa la Erica" (season 3, ep. 11) of the TV series Being Erica. In 2016, he directed a segment of the collective film 9 (9, le film). In 2020, Canuel directed the last four episodes entitled "Collapse", "Orphans", "Relapse" and "The Only Way Out Is Through" of the first season of the TV series Transplant. Canuel passed away June 15, 2024.
Best known for
Filmography 13
L’inquiétante absence
2019 · Self
Undercover Grandpa
2017 · Director
On VIX
9
2016 · Director
Bad Hair Day
2015 · Director
On Disney Plus
Mirror Lake
2013 · Director, Writer
Barrymore
2012 · Screenplay, Director
On Hoopla
Cadavres
2009 · Director
Bon Cop Bad Cop
2006 · Director
The Outlander
2005 · Director
The Last Tunnel
2004 · Director
Red Nose
2003 · Director
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002 · Director
Pig's Law
2001 · Director