Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau (French pronunciation: [filip falaʁdo]; born February 1, 1968, in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travelling around the world for the Quebec competitive television series La Course destination monde, on which he emerged as the Grand Prize winner.[1] His first feature film, The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) (2000) won Best Canadian First Feature at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and received a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards.[2] For his work on his second film, Congorama (2006), Falardeau won a Genie Award in 2007 for Best Original Screenplay.Telefilm Canada credited it, along with Incendies (2010) and other films, with doubling domestic and worldwide gross on its works in 2011.