Sylvain Guy
Sylvain Guy is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from
Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.[1] He was also previously nominated in the same category for Black List (Liste noire) at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996,[2] and subsequently at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions).[3]
His first film as a director, the short film Zie 37 Stagen, was a Genie nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997.[4] His feature film debut, The List, was an English-language remake of Liste noire.[5]
He subsequently directed the feature films Detour (2009)[6] and The Ultimate Pranx Case (2012), and wrote the screenplays for the films Louis Cyr,[7] Mafia Inc.,[8] Confessions of a Hitman[9] and Victoire (La Cordonnière).[10]
In 2020 he was announced as the writer of a forthcoming biopic of Quebec singer Diane Dufresne.[11]
He wrote the 2023 television series Mégantic.[12]
References
- Peterborough Examiner, March 22, 2005.
- Canadian Press, November 7, 1995.
- ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
- ^ Doug Saunders, "Egoyan film leads Genie race: The Sweet Hereafter picks up nominations for Canada's film awards". The Globe and Mail, November 5, 1997.
- ^ Matthew Hays, "English remake casts stars: Quebec screenwriter directs new version". The Globe and Mail, July 30, 1999.
- ^ Valérie Lessard, "Détour, ou le retour à l'état sauvage". Le Droit, September 18, 2009.
- Montreal Gazette, July 12, 2013.
- ^ Alex Rose, "Mafia Inc. digs into the rich criminal history of Montreal". Cult MTL, February 13, 2020.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Premières images du film Confessions". La Presse, February 19, 2021.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Critique de «La cordonnière»: un film réussi sur le plan technique, mais...". Le Journal de Montréal, March 16, 2023.
- Canadian Press, November 19, 2020.
- ^ Guillaume Picard, "«Mégantic»: une œuvre chorale profondément humaine et touchante". Le Journal de Québec, February 7, 2023.
External links
- Sylvain Guy at IMDb
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