Jean-Marc E. Roy

Jean-Marc E. Roy is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Saguenay, Quebec.[1] He is most noted for Des histoires inventées, his 2018 documentary about filmmaker André Forcier,[2] and Cardboard City (Ville Jacques-Carton), a 2025 hybrid docufiction film he co-directed with Forcier.[3]

He has also co-directed several Canadian Screen Award and Prix Iris nominated short films with Philippe David Gagné, with whom he cofounded the independent film studio La Boîte de pickup in 2015.[4]

Filmography

  • [bwa] - 2009, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Patchwork - 2009, with Philippe David Gagné
  • 35MPH (Vivre à 35 milles à l'heure) - 2010, with Philippe David Gagné and Dominic Leclerc
  • Life and Death of Yul Brynner – 2011, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Pick-Up: À la rencontre d'un bout du monde - 2011, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Genèse – 2013
  • Cowboy: Un rêve candien - 2013, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Nevermind – 2014
  • Puisqu'il le faut – 2015
  • Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre) – 2015, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Stone Makers (Carrière) – 2016
  • Airs communs - 2016, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Close-Up - 2017
  • Crème de menthe – 2017, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Black Forest (Forêt noire) – 2018, with Philippe David Gagné
  • Des histoires inventées – 2018
  • Cardboard City (Ville Jacques-Carton) – 2025, with André Forcier

Awards

Award Year Category Work Result Ref
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival 2011 Prix Télé-Québec Life and Death of Yul Brynner
with Philippe David Gagné
Won [5]
Canadian Screen Awards 2016 Best Live Action Short Drama Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre)
with Philippe David Gagné
Nominated [6]
2017 Best Short Documentary Stone Makers (Carrière)
with Colette Loumède, Denis McCready, Claudia Chabot
Nominated [7]
2020 Best Live Action Short Drama Black Forest (Forêt noire)
with Philippe David Gagné, Julie Groleau
Nominated [8]
Gala Québec Cinéma 2016 Best Live Action Short Film Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre)
with Philippe David Gagné, Ménaîc Raoul, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
Nominated [9]
2018 Crème de menthe
with Philippe David Gagné
Nominated [10]
Quebec City Film Festival 2017 Public Prize, Short Film Crème de menthe
with Philippe David Gagné
Won [11]
Grand Prize, National Competition for Short Films Honored
Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2015 Prix créativité Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre)
with Philippe David Gagné
Won [12]
Bourse de création régionale Won

References