Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan
CQ CM
Dolan at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Born
Xavier Dolan-Tadros

(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • editor
  • actor
  • costume designer
Years active1994–present
ParentManuel Tadros (father)
AwardsFull list

Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (French: [ɡzavje dɔlan tadʁɔs];[1] born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program.[2][3]

Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination.

Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards.

Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), It Chapter Two (2019), and Lost Illusions (2021). In 2022, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Lost Illusions.

  1. ^ "The Death and Life of John F. Donovan Cast and Crew Q&A". Toronto International Film Festival. 11 September 2018. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Québécois filmmaker electrifies Cannes" Archived 28 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, 25 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Quebec film scores hat trick at Cannes". Montreal Gazette. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.