Phil Comeau
Phil Comeau (born 1956), CM is a Canadian film and television director, born in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia. He lives in Moncton, New Brunswick and Montreal, Quebec. Biography. Phil Comeau is a film and television director and scriptwriter, based in Moncton, New Brunswick and in Montreal, Quebec. His documentary and drama films have won over 450 awards at film festivals worldwide. He has directed films and TV episodes in Canada and in over 20 countries. His films have been translated in 27 languages, and been broadcast in 200 countries. A globetrotter, Phil has traveled on all continents and visited  over 50 countries. He directed and co-wrote the award-winning drama feature film Jerome's Secret in Canada, and two TV movies Crash of the Century in France, and Teen Knight in Romania and the USA. His popular drama series include Tribu.com (I & II) with viewer ratings in Quebec of 1.3 million, La Sagouine, Lassie, Emily of New Moon, Pit Pony, Les couleurs de mon accent, World Legends and the docu-drama series Mayday broadcast worldwide. His recent award-winning feature documentaries include Zachary Richard Cajun Heart, Acadian Music Wave, Secretariat's Jockey Ron Turcotte, and The Nature of  Frederic Back. He also Comeau has directed and wrote numerous films about his Acadian culture. Among them, the first independent Acadian drama feature film Jerome's Secret, the first Acadian comedy The Gossips, the first Acadian children's film The Hooked Rug of Grand-Pré, and a popular series remake on an iconic Acadian character La Sagouine. On the subject of the world Acadian diaspora, he had directed an Acadian feature in Louisiana Zachary Richard Cajun Heart, a series in Quebec Les Acadiens du Québec and documentaries in France Belle-Ile-en-Mer, a Breton and Acadian Island and Belle -Ile in Acadie. As an author, he has also published poetry in two books Plumes d'ictte and Éloizes, a published film script Les Gossipeuses, an Acadian dictionary Le parler Acadjonne, and in 2014 was the editor and co-director of the anthology Acadie Then and Now, a 500-page collective containing both history and contemporary articles on the world diaspora Acadian, which won the international award Prix France-Acadie in Paris. Phil Comeau is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Directors Guild of Canada, Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Quebec, and Front des réalisateurs du  Canada. Recognitions. His films and TV series have received over 450 awards at film festivals worldwide. Phil Comeau has received five (5) Orders: he has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2011; the Order of New Brunswick and the Ordre de la Pléiade from the Assemblée des Parlementaires de la Francophonie in 2016; the distinction of the Ordre des francophones d'Amérique at the National Assembly in Quebec in 2007; and the rank of "Chevalier" of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 2006. He also received two Honorary Doctorats in Arts from the  Université de Moncton, N.B. (2013) and from Université Sainte-Anne in N.S. (2007); the Prix Meritas of the Federation acadienne du Quebec in 1999; the Grand-Pre Award from the Minister of Culture of Nova Scotia in 1997, and the Prix Champion in Ottawa in 1995. His feature film "Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart" was presented at the United Nations in Geneva in 2017. In 2021, Comeau was awarded the Médaille Léger-Comeau, the highest Acadian distinction by the Société Nationale de l'Acadie. - Trois (3) prix -ReelHeART International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) - Quatre (4) prix - Twilight Tokyo Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan ) - Trois (3) prix - Mont Blanc International Movie Fest (Paris, France) - Trois (3) prix - La Dolce Vita Cine Roma (Rome, Italy) - Trois (3) prix - International Screen Awards (Jakarta, Indonesia) - Trois (3) prix - Cinephilia Motion Pictures Festival (Cádiz, Spain) - Trois (3) prix - Mabig Film Festival (Augsbourg, Germany) - Deux (2) prix - Cinema on the Bayou (Lafayette, Louisiana, US) - Deux (2) prix - Holy Grail International Film Festival (Jerusalem, Israel) Deux (2) prix - Mokkho International Film Festival (Pondicherry, India) Deux (2) prix - Critics Review Online Festival (Kanyakumari, India) - Deux (2) prix - 24 Hours Film Challenge (Kolkata, India) - Deux (2) prix - Festival de Indie (Chennai, India ) - Deux (2) prix - Cinema of the World (Mumbai, India) - Deux (2) Prix) - Sentinel International Film Awards (Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - Deux (2) prix - Panjim International Film Festival (Panjim, India) - Deux (2) prix - Hodu International Film Festival (Pondicherry, India) - Deux (2) prix - Top Indie Film Awards (Tokyo, Japan) - Six (6) prix - Light & Shadow Film Awards (Kolkata, India) - Neuf (9) prix - Southern Shorts Awards (Roswell/Atlanta, Georgia, US)