Xavier Dolan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1989-03-20 (35 years old)

Place of Birth Montréal, Québec, Canada

Also Known As Xavier Dolan-Tadros, 자비에 돌란, Ксавье Долан, 그자비에 돌란

Xavier Dolan

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.

Known For

Director

2022
2019
Matthias & Maxime

as Director

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Director

2014
Mommy

as Director

2012
Laurence Anyways

as Director

2010
Heartbeats

as Director

2009
I Killed My Mother

as Director

Actor

The Great Arch

as Jean-Louis Subilon

2024
The Beast

as Système intelligence artificielle (voice)

2024
2023
Toopy and Binoo The Movie

as Jacques-Henri (voice)

2023
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
The Night Logan Woke Up

as Elliot Larouche

2021
Lost Illusions

as Nathan d'Anastazio

2021
Star Académie

as Self - Academy Teacher

2020
Happily Married

as Sexiste #3

2019
2019
It Chapter Two

as Adrian Mellon

2018
2018
Boy Erased

as Jon

2018
Fan fini

as Self

2017
Rétroviseur

as Self

2015
Elephant Song

as Michael Aleen

2014
2014
Miraculum

as Étienne Simard

2014
PaparaGilles

as Self

2014
2013
2012
Laurence Anyways

as Man at the Party (uncredited)

2012
Les bobos

as Xavier Dolan

2011
Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance

as Julien (segment "Mirrors")

2011
Good Neighbours

as Jean-Marc

2010
Lipsett Diaries

as Narrator

2010
Heartbeats

as Francis

2010
En audition avec Simon

as Xavier Dolan

2009
I Killed My Mother

as Hubert Minel

2009
Suzie

as Punk

2009
Taxi payant

as Self

2009
2008
Martyrs

as Antoine

2008
Club social

as Self

2007
Mirrors

as Julien

2007
Vlog

as Self

2001
1997
Heads or Tails

as Edouard

1996
Omertà, la loi du silence

as Nicholas Favara

Writer

2019
2014
Mommy

as Writer

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Screenplay

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Dialogue

2012
Laurence Anyways

as Screenplay

2012
2010
Heartbeats

as Screenplay

2009
I Killed My Mother

as Screenplay

Producer

2024
The Beast

as Co-Producer

2022
2021
Charlotte

as Executive Producer

2019
Matthias & Maxime

as Producer

2014
Mommy

as Producer

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Executive Producer

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Producer

2012
Laurence Anyways

as Executive Producer

2010
Heartbeats

as Producer

2009
I Killed My Mother

as Producer

Editor

2020
Smoothie

as Editor

2019
Relai

as Editor

2019
2014
Mommy

as Editor

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Editor

2012
2010
Heartbeats

as Editor

Costume & Make-Up

2019
Matthias & Maxime

as Costume Design

2014
Mommy

as Costume Design

2014
Tom at the Farm

as Costume Design

2012
Laurence Anyways

as Costume Design

2010
Heartbeats

as Costume Design

2009
I Killed My Mother

as Costume Design

Art

2010
Heartbeats

as Art Direction

Creator