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John L'Ecuyer (born November 15, 1964 in Montreal) is a Canadian film and television director. ==Biography== John L'Ecuyer studied at Ryerson University in Toronto, where his classmates included screenwriter Brad Abraham. His brother Gerald L'Ecuyer is also a film and television director. His first feature, ''Curtis's Charm'' (1995), was an adaptation of a Jim Carroll story. The film received a special jury citation as Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival.〔"Film fest names winners". ''Edmonton Journal'', September 18, 1995.〕 L'Ecuyer's short film ''Use Once and Destroy'' (1995) also received a special jury citation at the festival, as Best Canadian Short Film. L'Ecuyer's other feature film credits include ''Saint Jude'' (2000), and ''Le goût des jeunes filles'' (2004). He directed the TV movie ''In God's Country'', a 2007 fiction film detailing the escape of a woman from a Mormon polygamous community and her adaptation to life in mainstream Canadian society. He is executive producer of ''The Limits'' (2007), a debut feature film by director Ben Mazzotta. He has six credits for the A&E series ''Nero Wolfe'' starring Timothy Hutton. His feature documentary, ''Confessions of a Rabid Dog'', won Best Social Documentary at HotDocs. His book ''UseOnceAndDestroy'' has been optioned several times and was originally published in 1998 by Gutter Press as a PAGES edition.〔L'Ecuyer, John, ''Use Once and Destroy''. Toronto: Gutter Press, a PAGES edition; New York: Distributed in the U.S. by Distributed Art Publishers, 1998. ISBN 1-896356-16-8〕 His selected television work includes ''Queer as Folk'', ''Live Through This'', ''ReGenesis'', ''Blue Murder'', ''Traders'' and ''Cold Squad''. With over 100 hours of dramatic TV episodic work his most recent TV credits include ''Murdoch Mysteries'' and ''The Listener''. His TV film ''The Riverbank'' (2012) premiered to 800 people at a three-cinema simulcast at Cinéfest 2012 as the opening night gala. It was first broadcast on The Movie Network in November 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John L'Ecuyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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