Paul Barbeau

Paul Barbeau is a Canadian film director and producer.

Barbeau began his career producing music videos with NúFilms, which he founded with Bernard Nadeau, Stéphane Raymond and Jean-François Lord in May 2000. NuFilms later shut down, citing the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music during Napster's surge.

He produced the early short films of Maxime Giroux, as well as Giroux's early features,

Barbeau subsequently wrote and directed his directorial debut, Winter Passed (Après la neige). and We Had It Coming in 2019.

In recent years he has had co-producer or executive producer credits on international films, including Pieces of a Woman (2020), Woman of the Hour (2023), Novocaine (2025) and Splitsville (film)

Filmography Red (Le rouge au sol) - 2006, producer The Days (Les Jours) - 2006, producer Hotel - 2007, producer Souffle - 2007, producer Can You Wave Bye-Bye? - 2007, producer Tomorrow (Demain) - 2008, producer Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) - 2011, producer Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule) - 2012, producer The Handout (Autrui) - 2015, producer Black Friday - 2018, producer We Have Forever (À nous l'éternité) - 2018, director and producer We Had It Coming - 2019, director and producer Pieces of a Woman - 2020, co-producer Woman of the Hour - 2023, executive producer To Catch a Killer - 2023, executive producer Novocaine - 2025, executive producer Splitsville - 2025, executive producer

Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Genie Awards 2007 Best Live Action Short Drama Red (Le rouge au sol)with Maxime Giroux 2009 Can You Wave Bye-Bye?with Sarah Galea-Davis Jutra Awards 2013 Best Film Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze)