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Lalonde on set of his film Sex After Kids
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Born |
Jeremy Lalonde January 7, 1981 Canada |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2000–present |
Children | 2 |
Jeremy Lalonde (born January 7, 1981) is a Canadian filmmaker.
After graduating from Niagara College, Lalonde moved to Toronto to begin his career as a filmmaker. To support himself he worked as an editor in commercials as well as such television series as Wipeout Canada, Princess, Meet The Family, You Gotta Eat Here, Tessa & Scott, and most recently Baroness Von Sketch Show.
His short film Out, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, went on to screen at over two dozen film festivals including Outfest and Whistler Film Festival. In 2014 it was nominated for Best Short Film at the Director's Guild of Canada. His 2014 short film Bastards opened the Canadian Film Fest and was selected by the National Screen Institution for their Totally Television Program.
His first feature film as a writer/director, the 2010 comedy The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard, premiered at Cinefest Sudbury and was nominated for Best Director at the 2011 Canadian Comedy Awards.
In 2013, he released his second feature film Sex After Kids which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival where it was the runner-up for the Audience Award. It screened at several festivals worldwide and won the Wedgie Award for Comedy at the Edmonton Film Festival. It was named Best Feature Film at Huntsville Film North and was nominated for seven Canadian Comedy Awards and won Best Screenplay and Best Director.