years_active birth_place nationality known_for article_title name occupation
2000s-present fall river , nova scotia canadian '' bang bang baby '' jeffrey st. jules
 jeffrey st. jules film director , screenwriter
jeffrey st. jules

jeffrey st. jules is a canadian film director and screenwriter , who won the claude jutra award in 2015 for his debut feature film `` bang bang baby '' .
the film also won the award for best canadian first feature film at the 2014 toronto international film festival .
originally from fall river , nova scotia , st. jules studied creative writing and film at concordia university .
prior to making `` bang bang baby '' , st. jules wrote and directed a number of short films , including `` the sadness of johnson joe jangles '' , `` the tragic story of nling '' , `` the long autumn '' , `` let the daylight into the swamp '' and a music video for apostle of hustle 's `` national anthem of nowhere '' .
he won the jackson-triggs award for best emerging canadian filmmaker at the cfc worldwide short film festival in 2005 for `` joe jangles '' , and in the same year became the first canadian film director ever admitted to the cannes film festival 's residency program for emerging filmmakers .
`` the tragic story of nling '' was a genie award nominee for best live action short drama at the 28th genie awards .
`` let the daylight into the swamp '' , an experimental documentary film about his grandparents , was a shortlisted nominee for best short documentary at the 1st canadian screen awards .
