Mathieu Denis

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

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Mathieu Denis is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Quebec.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/history-revisited-director-mathieu-denis-brings-flq-teen-to-life-in-corbo "History revisited: Director Mathieu Denis brings FLQ teen to life in Corbo"]. Montreal Gazette, April 16, 2015. He is best known for his films Corbo, which was a Canadian Screen Award and Quebec Cinema Award nominee for Best Picture in 2016, and Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau), which won the award for Best Canadian Film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/18/2016-TIFF-Peoples-Choice-winner "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race"]. Entertainment Weekly, September 18, 2016.

Denis made several short films before his feature film debut, Laurentia (Laurentie), in 2011.[http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201504/14/01-4860989-mathieu-denis-limportance-de-lengagement.php "Mathieu Denis: l'importance de l'engagement"]. La Presse, April 14, 2015. The most noted of his short films was Code 13, which was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list in 2007."Cronenberg, Arcand make Hogtown film festival's top Canadian movies list". Daily Gleaner, December 12, 2007.

Most but not all of his films have been made in collaboration with Simon Lavoie.