birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
montreal , canada 1964 1997 -- present eric canuel
 eric canuel film director
eric canuel

eric canuel -lrb- born 1964 -rrb- is a film director and actor from montreal , quebec , canada .
eric canuel -lrb- also credited in quebec as Érik canuel -rrb- began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as paul piché , sass jordan , norman iceberg , vilain pingouin and sylvain cossette .
after shooting a number of tv commercials , several of them award-winners , he worked as a director on the television series `` big wolf on campus '' , for the fox network , and `` the hunger '' , broadcast on showtime and the movie network .
in 2000 , his imax film `` hemingway : a portrait '' won a genie award for best short documentary , as well as the maximum image award for best 2d film at the miami aventura imax days .
canuel also directed `` matthew blackheart : monster smasher '' in 2000 , `` pigs law -lrb- la loi du cochon -rrb- '' in 2001 , `` nez rouge '' in 2003 , `` last tunnel -lrb- le dernier tunnel -rrb- '' - starring michel côté and jean lapointe - in 2004 , `` the outlander -lrb- le survenant -rrb- '' in 2005 , and `` bon cop , bad cop '' in 2006 , receiving numerous nominations and awards .
in 2010 , eric canuel directed the episode `` fa la erica '' -lrb- season 3 , ep .
11 -rrb- of the tv series `` being erica '' .
many of director eric canuel 's productions contain a cameo appearance by canuel .
