François Jaros Explained

François Jaros (born October 15, 1985) is a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec.^[1]

He is a two-time winner of the award for Best Live Action Short Film at the Prix Jutra/Iris, winning at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for Life's a Bitch (Toutes des connes)^[2] and at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Maurice.^[3] For Maurice, he was also awarded at Fantasia's International Short Film Competition.^[4]

His 2016 film Oh What a Wonderful Feeling was also shortlisted in the same category at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017,^[5] and was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.^[6]

Jaros is largely a self-taught filmmaker; after completing CEGEP education he applied to study film at Concordia University but was not successfully admitted to the program. According to Jaros, "I was proactive. I went on and did films instead of studying them."^[7]

He has also directed episodes of the television series En tout cas^[8] and the web series Adulthood (L'Âge adulte).^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/the-bigger-meaner-world-of-francois-jaross-oh-what-a-wonderful-feeling "The bigger, meaner world of François Jaros' Oh What A Wonderful Feeling"
2. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/711447/soiree-des-jutra-2015 "Consécration pour Mommy aux Jutra"
3. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/466042/le-gala-du-cinema-quebecois-la-passion-d-augustine-balaie-tout "«La passion d’Augustine» balaie tout"
4. Web site: Cott, Kaeli Van . en . 19th Fantasia International Film Festival Announces 2015 Winners . Indie Wire . 2015-08-05 . 2022-05-11.
5. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/495660/dolan-et-nguyen-dominent-la-course-au-gala-quebec-cinema "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris"
6. https://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed"
7. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/francois-jaros-cannes-1.3540763 "Montreal director going to Cannes with short film"
8. https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/en-tout-cas-de-retour-pour-une-deuxieme-saison-0e5d1318a2b25b6d58a739e9a3d6beda "«En tout cas» de retour pour une deuxième saison"
9. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/ecrans/523472/entrevue-guillaume-lambert-et-le-danger-tranquille "«L’âge adulte»: Guillaume Lambert et le danger tranquille"