Vincent René-Lortie
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Vincent René-Lortie | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Director |
| Known for | Invincible |
Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec,[1] most noted for his 2022 short film Invincible.[2]
He was named amongst the 2022 Young Guns Class.[3] He has been a two-time Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 2021 for Sheenah Ko's "Wrap Me Up"[4] and at the Juno Awards of 2022 for Simon Leoza's "La Nuée",[5] and a Prism Prize nominee in 2022 for "La Nuée".[6] In 2023 he won a Young Directors Award for "Talk Away the Dark", a public service spot for suicide prevention.[7]
René-Lortie graduated from Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema with a degree in Film Production.[8][1] After graduating, he began his career as director of narrative music videos. His music videos La Nuée (2021) and Wrap Me Up (2021) were both nominated at for a Juno Award.[9] In 2016, he co-founded the production company Telescope Films with partners Samuel Caron and Alexandre Nour.[10]
René-Lortie has made several experimental films, one live action short film, and is currently developing his first feature film, You Were Always An Island[11] In 2023, he also directed a piece for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, titled Talk Away The Dark.[12][13]