
Xavier Dolan
Directing • Born 1989-03-20
Biography
Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (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. Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards. Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), and It Chapter Two (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Xavier Dolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
50 credits
I Killed My Mother
Movie • 2009
Hubert Minel

Good Neighbours
Movie • 2011
Jean-Marc

Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Movie • 2023
Jacques-Henri (voice)

Heartbeats
Movie • 2010
Francis

The Hidden Fortress
Movie • 2001
Michael

Il était une fois... « Mommy »
Movie • 2017
Self

Tom at the Farm
Movie • 2014
Tom

Mirrors
Movie • 2007
Julien

Lipsett Diaries
Movie • 2010
Narrator

Miraculum
Movie • 2014
Étienne Simard

Suzie
Movie • 2009
Punk

Elephant Song
Movie • 2015
Michael Aleen

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Movie • 2016
Self

Martyrs
Movie • 2008
Antoine

Laurence Anyways
Movie • 2012
Man at the Party (uncredited)

Heads or Tails
Movie • 1997
Edouard

The Great Arch
Movie • 2025
Jean-Louis Subilon

Boy Erased
Movie • 2018
Jon

Matthias & Maxime
Movie • 2019
Maxime

It Chapter Two
Movie • 2019
Adrian Mellon

Bad Times at the El Royale
Movie • 2018
Buddy Sunday

Le cri du rhinocéros
Movie • 2018
Self

Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Movie • 2011
Julien (segment "Mirrors")

Lost Illusions
Movie • 2021
Nathan d'Anastazio

The Beast
Movie • 2024
Système intelligence artificielle (voice)

Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Des hommes stylés
Movie • 2018
Self

The Physics of Sorrow
Movie • 2019
(voice)

Miles & Juliette
Movie

Star Académie
TV • 2021
Self - Academy Teacher

Les Appendices
TV • 2009
Self

L'Été indien
TV • 2014
Self

Taxi payant
TV • 2009
Self

En mode Salvail
TV • 2013
Self

Les recettes pompettes
TV • 2015
Self

Tout le monde en parle
TV • 2004
Self

En audition avec Simon
TV • 2010
Xavier Dolan

Fan fini
TV • 2018
Self

Happily Married
TV • 2020
Sexiste #3

PaparaGilles
TV • 2014
Self

Les bobos
TV • 2012
Xavier Dolan

Club social
TV • 2008
Self

Omertà, la loi du silence
TV • 1996
Nicholas Favara

Bye Bye
TV • 1968

Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura
TV • 2018
Anatane

Vlog
TV • 2007
Self

The Night Logan Woke Up
TV • 2022
Elliot Larouche

Rétroviseur
TV • 2017
Self

Tout le monde en parle
TV • 2004

Hot Ones Québec
TV • 2024
Self