Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr is a Canadian film director from Quebec. [1] He is most noted as co-director with Renaud Lessard of the 2018 film Mad Dog Labine , [2] which was a nominee for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards, [3] and for the Prix Iris for Best First Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards. [4]
He was also a co-writer and co-producer of Omar Elhamy's 2020 short film Foam (Écume), [5] which won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021. [6]
He grew up in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec, the son of a soldier in the Canadian military, [1] and is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. [7]
His second feature film Phoenixes (Phénix), based in part on his own experiences growing up in a military family, premiered at the 2024 Quebec City Film Festival. [8] It was later screened in the Borsos Competition program at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival, [9] where Beaulieu-Cyr won the award for Best Direction in a Borsos Competition Film. [10]