Robert Budreau
Canadian film director
Robert Budreau (born January 25, 1974) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut with That Beautiful Somewhere (2006) and is best known for writing and directing Born to Be Blue (2015) and Stockholm (2018). Budreau received the Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Stockholm.
Through his production company, Lumanity Productions, he has also produced films including Delia’s Gone (2022) and Queen of Bones (2023).
Biography
Budreau was born in London, Ontario, and raised in Ingersoll. He made a number of short films before releasing his feature debut, That Beautiful Somewhere, in 2006. His second feature film, Born to Be Blue, followed in 2015. In 2018 he released Stockholm, for which he won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards and the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film.
His fourth feature film, Delia's Gone, entered production in 2020 and was released in 2022.
Through his production firm Lumanity Productions, Budreau has also produced short and feature films by other directors.
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