Daniel Grou

Daniel Grou (born August 19, 1967), frequently credited as Podz, is a Canadian film and television director, director of six feature films as well as episodes in dozen TV series.

Biography Daniel Grou was born in Montreal, Canada. He has a bachelor's degree in film studies.

His credits include six feature films as well as episodes in dozen TV series.

He directed all three seasons of Canadian French-language 19-2, and later was invited to direct the first episode of season two of the English version.

Grou directed the first and the third seasons of Cardinal, missing the second one due to a scheduling conflict. The series were adapted from Giles Blunt’s book Forty Words for Sorrow.

Grou feature film 7 days, a story about a father's revenge, was screened at Sundance festival and well-received by its audience that appreciated ‘reimagining of the horrors of torture porn’ and praised Grou for bringing moral complexity to the genre and balancing the violence with impeccable direction.

Released in 2013, Vikings became one of Grou's most popular projects. The showrunner Michael Hirst called Grou ‘a very gifted director’ and confessed that he was the only one to tackle the most challenging episodes. For Vikings he was nominated for DGC's award for outstanding directorial achievement in a dramatic series.

In 2021, he released Mafia Inc., a drama about the Canadian mafia based on a nonfiction book written by a former mob.

Grou's film received high acclaim and he was complimented for a bold move into a genre completely dominated by Coppola's The Godfather.

In April 2023, Grou's upcoming project Kill Me Now was selected by Telefilm Canada for its Production Program.

Awards

Grou is a four-time Gémeaux Award winner for Best Direction in a Dramatic Television Series or Program, winning in 2003 for the television film Exils, in 2006 and 2007 for Minuit, le soir, and in 2011 for the French version of 19-2. He was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Director in 2011 for 10½ and in 2013 for L'Affaire Dumont, a Genie Award nominee for Best Director at the 31st Genie Awards in 2010 for 10½, and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Direction in a Dramatic Television Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for the 19-2 episode "School".

Filmography

Cinema 2010 : 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) 2010 : 10½ 2012 : L'Affaire Dumont 2014 : Miraculum 2015 : King Dave 2020 : Mafia Inc.

TV 1999 : The Hunger (3 episodes) 2000 : Drop the Beat I and II (4 episodes) 2001-2002 : Vampire High (6 episodes) 2001-2002 : Big Wolf on Campus (4 episodes) 2002 : 2003 : (13 episodes) 2004 : Les Bougon II (12 episodes) 2004 : Au nom de la loi 2005-2007 : Minuit, le soir I, II, III 2006 : I, II 2011 : 19-2 2011 : Xanadu 2012 : 2013 : Vikings 2017 : Cardinal 2020 : 2024 : La Maison, Apple TV