1. Martin Villeneuve was nominated at the Canadian Screen Award in 2013 for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Mars et Avril, his feature film debut.
18 Facts About Martin Villeneuve
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Martin Villeneuve is known for The 12 Tasks of Imelda, his second feature film released in 2022, in which he portrays his own grandmother, and for his animated series Red Ketchup which premiered in 2023.
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Martin Villeneuve studied film production at Concordia University and graphic design at Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
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Martin Villeneuve found the name for these three shows, as well as for Guy Laliberte's One Drop Foundation.
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Martin Villeneuve directed TV commercials for Cirque du Soleil, in addition to music videos and documentary shorts.
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Martin Villeneuve began his career as a writer and graphic artist in 2002.
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Martin Villeneuve has created the comic book La voix du tonnerre, as well as the two graphic novels Mars et Avril.
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In 2012, the feature film adaptation of Mars et Avril which Martin Villeneuve wrote, directed and produced, was brought to the silver screen and released in Canada in Fall 2012.
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Martin Villeneuve was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards, and he won an Imaging the Future Award at the Neuchatel International Fantasy Film Festival in Switzerland.
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On February 27,2013, Martin Villeneuve gave a TED Talk about Mars et Avril.
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Martin Villeneuve's talk, "How I made an impossible film," was released on TED.
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Martin Villeneuve's talk has been subtitled in 33 languages and viewed more than a million times.
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Martin Villeneuve shot two sequels to his short film Imelda, both released in fall 2020.
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Martin Villeneuve gave a one-hour storytelling masterclass for Goalcast, which went live on January 7,2021.
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On March 26,2023, Martin Villeneuve won the "Best Actor" award at the Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, France, for his role of Imelda, and on August 31,2023, he won the "Best Director" award at the Canada China International Film Festival.
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In 2023, Martin Villeneuve directed Red Ketchup, based on Quebec's cult graphic novels.
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On June 20,2024, Deadline first reported that Martin Villeneuve was set to direct the supernatural revenge thriller Merciless, starring Jonathan Majors.
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Martin Villeneuve is the youngest of four siblings, and the brother of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.