Érik Canuel 1961 2024 was a film director and actor from Montreal Quebec Canada Canuel the son of actor Yvan Canuel began his career in the mid1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché Sass Jordan Norman Iceberg Vilain Pingouin and Sylvain Cossette After shooting a number of TV commercials several of them awardwinners he worked as a director on the television series Big Wolf on Campus for the Fox network and The Hunger broadcast on Showtime and The Movie Network In 2000 his Imax film Hemingway A Portrait won a Genie Award for best short documentary as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at the Miami Aventura Imax Days Canuel also directed Matthew Blackheart Monster Smasher in 2000 The Pigs Law La Loi du cochon in 2001 Red Nose Nez rouge in 2003 The Last Tunnel Le Dernier Tunnel in 2004 The Outlander Le Survenant in 2005 and Bon Cop Bad Cop in 2006 receiving numerous nominations and awards In 2010 Canuel directed the episode Fa la Erica season 3 ep 11 of the TV series Being Erica In 2016 he directed a segment of the collective film 9 9 le film In 2020 Canuel directed the last four episodes entitled Collapse Orphans Relapse and The Only Way Out Is Through of the first season of the TV series Transplant Canuel passed away June 15 2024