Jérémy Comte

Jérémy Comte is a Canadian film director from Quebec. He is best known for his 2018 short film Fauve which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama, and was nominated for 91st Academy Awards.

Life and career Comte grew up in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, majoring in film production at 2013. At the age of 18, Comte made his first short documentary named Feel The Hill. Comte also directed the documentary short films Rueda and Paths and the narrative short film What Remains (Ce qu'il reste).

The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and won a Special Jury Prize. It won several awards at other film festivals throughout the year, including the top award at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, an Honourable Mention from the Best Canadian Short Film jury at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Grand Jury Prize at the 24FPS International Short Film Festival. It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018.

In 2019 the film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards,

His feature debut, Paradise, is slated for release in 2026. The film's screenplay was co-written with filmmaker Will Niava. In the same year he entered production on his second feature film, Eleo and Nova.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Music videos