Xavier Dolan
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Dolan at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
20 March 1989 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Film director, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, film editor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Notable work | I Killed My Mother, Mommy |
| Parent(s) |
Manuel Tadros Geneviève Dolan |
Xavier Dolan (born 20 March 1989), sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a French Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer and voice actor from the province of Quebec. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films, initially garnering international acclaim in 2009 for his debut feature I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight.
He has since won many awards for his film 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.
Dolan was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the son of Geneviève Dolan, a Quebecois teacher, and Manuel Tadros, an Egyptian-born Canadian actor and singer with strong ties to the Quebecois entertainment industry.
Dolan attracted international attention with his first feature film, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in at the age of 20, using funds from his extensive work as a child actor. He reportedly wrote the script when he was 16 years old. He said in an interview with Canadian newspaper Le Soleil that the film was partly autobiographical.
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