Biography

Francis Leclerc is a Quebec-based director, screenwriter, and editor from Quebec City. He first directed numerous short and medium-length films, as well as some fifty music videos, before making his first feature film in 2001, A Girl at the Window, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. This was followed in 2004 by Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives), which won several awards, including the Jutra and the Genie for Best Direction. He then directed Summer of Sarah (Un été sans point ni coup sûr) in 2008, followed by Barefoot at Dawn (2017), an adaptation of his father Félix Leclerc's autobiographical novel. In 2011, his short film Trotteur enjoyed strong international momentum, earning awards at the Savannah Film Festival, the Catalina Film Festival, and the Newport Beach Film Festival, all in the United States. In 2023, he directed The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur), adapted from the novel by Stéphane Larue, which opened the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma festival.