Xavier Dolan
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 20, 1989
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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
Le Horla TBA
Writer, Director, Producer
The Great Arch 2025
as Jean-Louis Subilon
Lean On Me 2025
Director, Writer, Editor
The Beast 2024
as Système intelligence artificielle (voice), Co-Producer
Toopy and Binoo The Movie 2023
as Jacques-Henri (voice)
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous 2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlotte 2022
Executive Producer
Lost Illusions 2021
as Nathan d'Anastazio
Smoothie 2020
Editor
Matthias & Maxime 2019
as Maxime, Director, Editor, Costume Design, Producer, Screenplay
The Physics of Sorrow 2019
as (voice)
It Chapter Two 2019
as Adrian Mellon
Relai 2019
Editor
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan 2019
Director, Producer, Editor, Costume Design, Writer, Idea
Le cri du rhinocéros 2018
as Self
Bad Times at the El Royale 2018
as Buddy Sunday
Boy Erased 2018
as Jon
Des hommes stylés 2018
as Self
Il était une fois... « Mommy » 2017
as Self
It's Only the End of the World 2016
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Casting
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible 2016
as Self
Elephant Song 2015
as Michael Aleen
Mommy 2014
Director, Editor, Producer, Costume Design, Screenplay
Tom at the Farm 2014
as Tom, Director, Editor, Screenplay, Costume Design, Producer, Dialogue, Executive Producer
Miraculum 2014
as Étienne Simard
An Extraordinary Person 2013
Editor
Laurence Anyways 2012
as Man at the Party (uncredited), Director, Editor, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Costume Design, Story
Boys On Film: Bad Romance 2011
as Julien (segment "Mirrors")
Good Neighbours 2011
as Jean-Marc
Lipsett Diaries 2010
as Narrator (voice), Translator
Heartbeats 2010
as Francis, Director, Costume Design, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Art Direction
I Killed My Mother 2009
as Hubert Minel, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Costume Design
Suzie 2009
as Punk
Martyrs 2008
as Antoine
Mirrors 2007
as Julien
The Hidden Fortress 2001
as Michael
Heads or Tails 1997
as Edouard
Credits from TMDB.