Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program

Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination.

Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards.

Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), and It Chapter Two (2019).

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Xavier Dolan, né le 20 mars 1989 à Montréal, Québec, est un réalisateur, scénariste, producteur et acteur canadien. Il a débuté sa carrière en tant qu’acteur dans des publicités avant de réaliser plusieurs longs métrages d’art et d’essai. Son premier film, “J’ai tué ma mère”, a reçu une acclamation internationale lors de sa projection à la 41e Quinzaine des réalisateurs du Festival de Cannes en 2009. Depuis, il a écrit et réalisé huit longs métrages, dont “Mommy” et “Juste la fin du monde”, primés à Cannes. Dolan est également connu pour ses vidéos musicales, notamment pour Adele.

Xavier Dolan (20 de Marzo de 1989), nacido como Xavier Dolan-Tadros, es un actor, director, guionista, editor, diseñador de vestuario y productor canadiense. Inició su carrera desde niño actuando en anuncios publicitarios, antes de llegar a convertirse en el actual joven y aclamado director de cine artístico-experimental. Obtuvo gran reconocimiento en su debut como cineasta en 2009 con Yo maté a mi madre. Desde entonces ha sido galardonado con numerosos premios por su trabajo cinematográfico, inclusive en el Festival de Cine de Cannes, donde ganó el Premio del Jurado en 2014 por Mommy y el Grand Prix en 2016 por Sólo el fin del mundo.