Stéphane Lafleur

Stéphane Lafleur (born 1976 ) is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician.

Career Lafleur attended the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 1999, he directed his first short film, Karaoke, which received an honorable mention for the Best Canadian Short Film award at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival. He released his second short film, Snooze, in 2002.

In 2007, he directed his first feature film, Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film won the Jutra Award for direction and screenwriting as well as the Best Canadian First Feature at TIFF.

In 2015 he was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup.

Filmography

As director 1999 - Karaoke (short) 2002 - Snooze (short) 2007 - Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) 2011 - Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus) 2011 - Prince Albert (short) 2014 - You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) 2022 - Viking

As writer 2007 - Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) 2011 - Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus) 2014 - You're Sleeping, Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)

As film editor 2003 - Me Bob Robert 2005 - Peter and the Penny 2008 - Gilles 2011 - Monsieur Lazhar 2013 - The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) 2015 - O Negative 2016 - Mutants 2019 - I'll End Up in Jail (Je finirai en prison) 2020 - Shooting Star (Comme une comète) 2023 - Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)