John L'Ecuyer

John L'Ecuyer (born November 15, 1964) is a Canadian film and television director.

Born in Montreal, L'Ecuyer later moved and studied at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, where his classmates included screenwriter Brad Abraham.[citation needed ] His brother Gerald L'Ecuyer is also a film and television director.[citation needed ]

L'Ecuyer's first feature, Curtis's Charm (1995), based on a short story by Jim Carroll, starred Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis, a paranoid drug addict who believes his mother-in-law has cast a voodoo spell on him, which has resulted in his being stalked by a killer squirrel. It was shot on black and white 16 mm film.

The film, executive produced by Atom Egoyan and Patricia Rozema, premiered at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received a special jury citation as Best Canadian Feature Film.

Also at TIFF that year, L'Ecuyer's short film UseOnceAndDestroy (1995) received another special jury citation at the festival, for Best Canadian Short Film.[citation needed ] The short film was based on his own book, titled UseOnceAndDestroy, which was originally published in 1998 by Gutter Press.

L'Ecuyer's other feature film credits include Saint Jude (also known as St. Jude) and On the Verge of a Fever, both of which premiered at TIFF. His feature documentary, Confessions of a Rabid Dog, won Best Social Documentary at HotDocs.

In 1999, Playback called him "one of the country’s top dramatic directors."

Since the 2000s, L'Ecuyer has worked primarily in television.[citation needed ] His television work includes dozens of popular series such as ReGenesis and Murdoch Mysteries, and he has also directed over a dozen made-for-television films.[citation needed ]

False Prophet:The Gwen Shamblin Story (2022)

The Con (a film about propaganda) (2023) ZDF/ARTE-Beyond -Rogers

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Vorname:John
Geburtsdatum:15.11.1966 (♏ Skorpion)
Geburtsort:Montreal
Nationalität:Kanada
Geschlecht:♂männlich
Berufe:Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor,

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