Adam Belanger

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Adam Belanger is a Canadian film, television and theatrical production designer based in Toronto, Ontario. [1] He is most noted for his work on the film BlackBerry , for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [2]

Belanger, who studied theatre at the University of British Columbia, began his career as a production designer for theatrical shows and music videos, often in collaboration with actor and director David Lafontaine of the Unit 102 Theatre Company. [3] In 2018 he directed a production of Lucas Hnath's play Isaac's Eye for Toronto's Assembly Theatre. [4]

He has also been a production designer on the film Wexford Plaza , and the television series Miss Persona , Running with Violet and Nirvanna the Band the Show .

Belanger and Lafontaine co-directed the film A Breed Apart , their joint feature-length filmmaking debut, which is slated to premiere at the 2025 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. [5]

References

  1. Oliver Thompson, "Everything about the BlackBerry series is perfectly '90s". CBC Arts, November 30, 2023.
  2. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
  3. "Nominee Interview Series: Adam Belanger (2015)". My Entertainment World, January 2016.
  4. Carly Maga, "Toronto gets its first official look at Lucas Hnath with the play Isaac's Eye". Toronto Star , October 5, 2018.
  5. Jamie Casemore, "Cinéfest’s first wave of titles includes two world premieres". Playback , August 5, 2025.