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Maxime Giroux Biography

Birth Name:Maxime Giroux

Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession Director, Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Best known for directing the movie “The Days” in 2006, which won the prize for best short film at the Toronto International Film Festival
  • He directed the movie “Félix and Meira” in 2014, which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film
  • He was chosen as the patron of the annual film festival “Festival Vues dans la tête de․․․” in Rivière-du-Loup in 2022
  • He produced music videos for many famous singers and bands like Sam Roberts, Sarah Harmer, The Dears, Pilate, Louise Forestier, Corneille, Marc Déry, Les Cowboys Fringants and Vulgaires Machins

Awards

  • 2006Short Film Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2006Short Film Award-: winner
  • 2006Short Film Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2006Short Cuts Award-Best Canadian Film: winner
  • 2007Jutra-Best Short Film: nominated
  • 2008Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2010Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present-: nominated
  • 2010'Cinema and the City' Award-: winner
  • 2010Free Spirit Award-: nominated
  • 2011Grand Jury Prize-Knight World Competition: nominated
  • 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
  • 2014Tobias Spencer Award-: winner
  • 2014Golden Seashell-Best Film: nominated
  • 2014Best North American Independent Film-: nominated
  • 2014Interfedi Award-: winner
  • 2014Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2014Best Canadian Feature Film-: winner
  • 2014Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 2014Best Screenplay for a Borsos Film-Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature: winner
  • 2014Best Director of a Borsos Film-Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature: winner
  • 2014Borsos Award of Best Canadian Feature-Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature: winner
  • 2016Canadian Screen Award-Achievement in Direction: nominated
  • 2016Prix Iris-Best Film: nominated
  • 2016Prix Iris-Best Director: nominated
  • 2016Prix Iris-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2016Prix Iris-Most Successful Film Outside Quebec: winner
  • 2018Best Canadian Feature-: winner
  • 2018Tokyo Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
  • 2018Best Canadian Feature Film-: nominated
  • 2019Canadian Screen Award-Achievement in Direction: nominated
  • 2019Prix Iris-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022Prix Iris-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022WIFF Prize in Canadian Film-: nominated
  • 2025WIFF Prize in Canadian Film-: nominated