Julien Knafo

{{Short description|Canadian composer and film director}}

Julien Knafo is a Canadian composer and film director from Quebec.Mona Tabbara, [https://www.screendaily.com/features/im-not-a-horror-genre-filmmaker-julien-knafo-on-fantasia-opening-film-brain-freeze/5162206.article "'I’m not a horror genre filmmaker': Julien Knafo on Fantasia opening film ‘Brain Freeze’"]. Screen Daily, August 5, 2021. He is most noted for the 2009 film Blind Spot (Lucidité passagère), for which he was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Original Music at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011;Marc Cassivi, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4547213-soiree-des-jutra-incendies-favori-dun-cru-releve.php "Soirée des Jutra: Incendies, favori d'un cru relevé"]. La Presse, February 9, 2011. he was also one of the collective film's four directors, alongside Fabrice Barrilliet, Nicolas Bolduc and Marie-Hélène Panisset.Normand Provencher, [https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/lucidite-passagere-petites-crises-entre-amis-eb3a583d30ee31899f7d3bda44a9eacf "Lucidité passagère: petites crises entre amis"]. Le Soleil, March 20, 2010.

His other credits as a composer have included The Marsh (Le Marais) and Marguerite. His solo feature debut as a director, Brain Freeze, was released in 2021.Jordan Pinto, [https://playbackonline.ca/2021/04/08/julien-knafos-brain-freeze-to-open-fantasias-25th-edition/ "Julien Knafo’s Brain Freeze to open Fantasia’s 25th edition"]. Playback, April 8, 2021.