Philippe Falardeau

Philippe FALARDEAU (1968, Hull, Canada) studied Politics and International Relations. He made several short films for the Canadian television series Course Destination Monde and worked on a number of documentaries. Since then, he has directed four feature films. His debut, The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge, screened at the IFFR in 2001. The book adaptation It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008) brought him the biggest success; it won a Chrystal Bear in Berlin.

Filmography

La course destination monde (1992, short doc), Pâté chinois (1997, doc), La moitié gauche du frigo/The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000), Jean Laliberté: A Man, His Vision and a Whole Lot of Concrete (2002, short), Boulevard Saint-Laurent (2003, doc), La méthode Morin (2006, short doc), Congorama (2006), C'est pas moi, je le jure!/It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008), Monsieur Lazhar (2011)