Simon Galiero

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

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| name = Simon Galiero

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|07|11}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 2000s–present

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Simon Galiero (born July 11, 1978) is a Canadian film director and a screenwriter from Quebec.Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/277667/entrevue-avec-simon-galiero-une-reflexion-sur-la-quete-de-sens-contemporaine "Entrevue avec Simon Galiero - Une réflexion sur la quête de sens contemporaine"]. Le Devoir, November 21, 2009. He is most noted for his 2007 short film Our Jail Is a Kingdom (Notre prison est un royaume), which won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4554445-soie-remporte-trois-jutra.php "Soie remporte trois Jutra"]. La Presse, February 28, 2008.

His feature-length debut, Clouds Over the City (Nuages sur la ville), was released in 2009,[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2009/11/09/nuages-sur-la-ville-de-simon-galiero-bande-annonce/ "Nuages sur la ville de Simon Galiero: bande-annonce"]. Voir, November 9, 2009. and won the award for "Best Canadian Film" at that year's Festival du nouveau cinéma.Brendan Kelly, "A grand opening for Simon Galiero". Montreal Gazette, October 10, 2012. His second feature film, Small Blind (La mise à l'aveugle), was released in 2012.

He has also directed the short films À l'insu du plein gré (2001), Encore dimanche (2002), L'Immigré (2005) and Jean Pierre Lefebvre (2013).