John L'Ecuyer
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John L'Ecuyer (born November 15, 1964 in Montreal) is a Canadian film and television director.
John L'Ecuyer studied at Ryerson University in Toronto, where his classmates included screenwriter Brad Abraham. His brother Gerald L'Ecuyer is also a film and television director.
His first feature, Curtis's Charm (1995), was an adaptation of a Jim Carroll story. The film received a special jury citation as Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. L'Ecuyer's short film Use Once and Destroy (1995) also received a special jury citation at the festival, as Best Canadian Short Film.
L'Ecuyer's other feature film credits include Saint Jude (2000), and Le goût des jeunes filles (2004). He directed the TV movie In God's Country, a 2007 fiction film detailing the escape of a woman from a Mormon polygamous community and her adaptation to life in mainstream Canadian society. He is executive producer of The Limits (2007), a debut feature film by director Ben Mazzotta. He has six credits for the A&E series Nero Wolfe starring Timothy Hutton.
His feature documentary, Confessions of a Rabid Dog, won Best Social Documentary at HotDocs.
His book UseOnceAndDestroy has been optioned several times and was originally published in 1998 by Gutter Press as a PAGES edition.
His selected television work includes Queer as Folk, Live Through This, ReGenesis, Blue Murder, Traders and Cold Squad.
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