Xavier Dolan

Also known as Xavier Dolan-Tadros

Canadian filmmaker (born 1989)

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Xavier Dolan is a male person from Ireland. His professional career began in 1994. He is associated with the musical genres of ballad and pop.

His written work includes the title "J'ai tué ma mère". Crossref data indicates he has five works, while Open Library lists one. He has an official website and is referenced by 477 other encyclopedia articles.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Xavier
Gender: male
Citizenship: Canada
Place of birth: Montreal
Father: Manuel Tadros
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Award: César Award for Best Director
Official website: www.xavier-dolan.com
Image: Xavier Dolan Cannes 2016.jpg

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Commons category: Xavier Dolan
date of birth: 1989-03-20
topic has template: Template:Xavier Dolan
start of work period: 1994-00-00
writing language: French
related category: Category:Films directed by Xavier Dolan
has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art
sexual orientation: homosexuality

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Encyclopedic overview

Xavier Dolan-Tadros CM CQ ( French: [ɡzavje dɔlan tadʁɔs]; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program.

Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination.

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