Xavier Dolan
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 Xavier Dolan, September 2009 |
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| Born | 20 March 1989 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Xavier Dolan (born 20 March 1989, Montreal, Quebec), sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of Geneviève Dolan, a teacher, and Manuel Tadros, a Quebecois actor and singer of Egyptian descent. Formerly a child actor in films such as J'en suis!, Le Marchand de sable and La Forteresse suspendue and television series such as Omertà, la loi du silence, Dolan attracted international attention when his first film as a director and screenwriter, J'ai tué ma mère, won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
J'ai tué ma mère has been sold to more than 20 countries.[2]
After J'ai tué ma mère he directed his second feature film Les Amours Imaginaires (Heartbeats), which was financed privately.[2] It follows the infatuation of two friends with the same mysterious young man. Inevitably, their friendship suffers. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the 63e Festival de Cannes in May 2010, to a standing ovation,[3] and won the top prize of the Official Competition at the Sydney Film Festival in June.
Dolan says that he is planning his third film called Laurence Anyways, about a transsexual,[4] with the script already ready.[5] Pending financing of the movie project, production is planned to start in fall of 2010.[6]
As of September 2009, the Québec-specific French-language dubbed version of the animated series South Park features Dolan as the voice of Stan.[7] His voice work also included narrating the NFB's 2010 animated documentary Lipsett Diaries.[8]
Dolan is gay,[9] and has described J'ai tué ma mère as being semi-autobiographical.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] As Director
- Laurence Anyways (2012) (filming)
- Les amours imaginaires (2010)
- J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
[edit] As Actor
- Good Neighbours (2010)
- Les amours imaginaires (2010)
- J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
- Suzie (2009)
- Martyrs (2008)
- La forteresse suspendue (2001)
- J'en suis! (1997)
- Miséricorde (1994)
[edit] References
- ^ "Québécois filmmaker electrifies Cannes". The Globe and Mail, 25 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Rezo wraps up Dolan's 'Love'". Variety, 10 February 2010.
- ^ "Xavier Dolan: Flattered, but fretting about Cannes return" 24 May 2009.
- ^ Bélanger, Cédric (22 May 2009). "Xavier Dolan gagne trois prix a Cannes" (in French). Canoe. http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/cinema/nouvelles/2009/05/22/9539806-jdq.html. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ Provencher, Normand (15 May 2009). "Xavier Dolan" (in French). Le Soleil. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/dossiers/festival-de-cannes/200905/14/01-856681-xavier-dolan-jai-toujours-vu-cannes-dans-ma-soupe.php. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ Tremblay, Odile (23 May 2009). "Trois prix pour J'ai tué ma mère" (in French). Le Devoir. http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/05/23/251835.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "South Park to air in French this fall". CBC News. 14 August 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/08/14/south-park-french.html. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ "Lipsett Diaries". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=57550. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Xavier Dolan on being gay, getting bashed" 24 May 2009
[edit] External links
- (French) Xavier Dolan's website
- Xavier Dolan at the Internet Movie Database
