Simon Galiero

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Simon Galiero
Born (1978-07-11) July 11, 1978 (age 46)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2000s–present

Simon Galiero (born July 11, 1978) is a Canadian film director and a screenwriter from Quebec. [1] He is most noted for his 2007 short film Our Jail Is a Kingdom (Notre prison est un royaume), which won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008. [2]

His feature-length debut, Clouds Over the City (Nuages sur la ville), was released in 2009, [3] and won the award for "Best Canadian Film" at that year's Festival du nouveau cinéma. [4] His second feature film, Small Blind (La mise à l'aveugle), was released in 2012. [4]

He has also directed the short films À l'insu du plein gré (2001), Encore dimanche (2002), L'Immigré (2005) and Jean Pierre Lefebvre (2013).

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References

  1. Odile Tremblay, "Entrevue avec Simon Galiero - Une réflexion sur la quête de sens contemporaine". Le Devoir , November 21, 2009.
  2. "Soie remporte trois Jutra". La Presse , February 28, 2008.
  3. "Nuages sur la ville de Simon Galiero: bande-annonce". Voir , November 9, 2009.
  4. 1 2 Brendan Kelly, "A grand opening for Simon Galiero". Montreal Gazette , October 10, 2012.