Louis Godbout

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Louis Godbout is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.^[1]

A former professor of philosophy at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal,^[1] he wrote his Ph.D. thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche.^[2] He published several works of philosophical literature, including Du golf, parcours philosophique (2007),^[3] Nietzche et la probité (2008),^[4] and Hiérarchies (2010).

In 2019 he released his directorial debut Mont Foster,^[5] and was the screenwriter of Claude Lalonde's film Coda.^[2] His screenplay A Revision (Une révision) was directed by Catherine Therrien and released in 2021,^[6] and in 2022 he followed up as director and screenwriter of The Cheaters (Les Tricheurs).^[7]

Godbout and cowriter Normand Corbeil received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Screenplay at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for A Revision.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Jean Siag, "L’art total d’un « jeune premier »". La Presse, March 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Justine Smith, "Patrick Stewart reflects on Coda and his time working in Montreal". Cult MTL, June 7, 2022.
^ Louis Cornellier, "Essais québécois - Petite philosophie du golf". Le Devoir, April 7, 2007.
^ Michel Lapierre, "Essais - Nietzsche, l'écrivain antiphilosophe". Le Devoir, December 6, 2008.
^ Natalia Wysocka, "«Melancholia» au mont Foster". Le Devoir, March 7, 2020.
^ Isabel Authier, "Louis Godbout à l’origine du film Une révision". La Voix de l'Est, November 9, 2021.
^ Isabelle Hontebeyrie, "«Les tricheurs»: un golf pour psychopathes". Le Journal de Montréal, August 6, 2022.
^ Marc-André Lussier, "Maria Chapdelaine et Les oiseaux ivres en lice pour 16 prix Iris chacun". La Presse, April 14, 2022.