Érik Canuel

Known for

Directing

Born

April 30, 1961

Birthplace

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Died

June 15, 2024 (aged 63)

Biography

Érik Canuel (April 30, 1961 - June 15, 2024) was a film director and actor from Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché, Sass Jordan, Norman Iceberg, Vilain Pingouin and Sylvain Cossette. After shooting a number of TV commercials, several of them award-winners, he worked as a director on the television series Big Wolf on Campus, for the Fox network, and The Hunger, broadcast on Showtime and The Movie Network.

In 2000, his Imax film Hemingway: A Portrait won a Genie Award for best short documentary, as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at the Miami Aventura Imax Days. C...