Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan is a Canadian filmmaker and actor from Montreal who began performing in commercials as a child and later moved behind the camera. His debut feature, I Killed My Mother (2009), a project he scripted, directed, produced and headlined, screened at Cannes and collected three awards there, drawing international notice. He has since made eight features, nearly all of them premiering at Cannes. Among them are Heartbeats (2010), Tom at the Farm (2013), and Mommy, which shared the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2014. It's Only the End of the World took the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2016. As a performer he appeared in Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), It Chapter Two (2019) and Lost Illusions (2021), earning César nominations for the latter and for The Great Arch. He has also directed music videos, including work for Adele.