Maxime Giroux
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 AwardWinner
- 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 PresentNominated
- 2010'Cinema and the City' AwardWinner
- 2010Free Spirit AwardNominated
- 2011Grand Jury Prize - Knight World Competition:Nominated
- 2014Audience Choice Award - Audience Choice Award:Nominated
- 2014Tobias Spencer AwardWinner
- 2014Golden Seashell - Best Film:Nominated
- 2014Best North American Independent FilmNominated
- 2014Interfedi AwardWinner
- 2014Prize of the City of Torino - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2014Best Canadian Feature FilmWinner
- 2014Grand PrixNominated
- 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 FeatureWinner
- 2018Tokyo Grand Prix - Best Film:Nominated
- 2018Best Canadian Feature FilmNominated
- 2019Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Direction:Nominated
- 2019Prix Iris - Best Director:Nominated
- 2022Prix Iris - Best Director:Nominated
- 2022WIFF Prize in Canadian FilmNominated
- 2025WIFF Prize in Canadian FilmNominated