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Érik Canuel, 63, Canadian film and television director (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Red Nose, Hemingway: A Portrait), plasma cell leukemia.
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|Érik Canuel (January 21, 1961 – June 15, 2024) was a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec.
Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel, began his career in the mid-1980s 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 award-winners, 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 Pig's 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. His best-known film was the bilingual English-French comedy Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2006, about a francophone detective and an anglophone detective forced to work together on a case. This film received 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.
He often made cameo appearances in his own films.[citation needed]
Canuel died of plasma cell leukemia on June 15, 2024, at the age of 63.
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1.In which month did Érik Canuel die?
- A.August
- B.July
- C.September
- D.Junecorrect
Érik Canuel died in June.
Source: Archive record: date of death: "record: occupation film and television director. Archive record: nationality Canadian. Archive record: date of death 15 June 2024."
2.On which day of the month did Érik Canuel die?
- A.16
- B.15correct
- C.17
- D.14
Érik Canuel died on day 15 of the month.
Source: Archive record: date of death: "ive record: occupation film and television director. Archive record: nationality Canadian. Archive record: date of death 15 June 2024."
3.In which field was Érik Canuel known?
- A.chemist
- B.novelist
- C.film and television directorcorrect
- D.architect
The biography describes Érik Canuel as a film and television director.
Source: Profile: occupation: "asma cell leukemia. Archive record: year of death 2024. Archive record: age at death 63. Archive record: occupation film and television director. Archive record: nation
4.What nationality was Érik Canuel?
- A.Argentine
- B.Canadiancorrect
- C.American
- D.Australian
Érik Canuel is recorded as Canadian.
Source: Profile: nationality: "Archive record: age at death 63. Archive record: occupation film and television director. Archive record: nationality Canadian. Archive record: date of death 15 June 2
5.In which year did Érik Canuel die?
- A.2024correct
- B.2017
- C.2011
- D.2015
Érik Canuel died in 2024.
Source: Profile: year of death: "rd: occupation film and television director. Archive record: nationality Canadian. Archive record: date of death 15 June 2024."
6.How old was Érik Canuel when they died?
- A.55
- B.58
- C.52
- D.63correct
Érik Canuel was 63 years old at the time of death.
Source: Profile: age at death: "e, Hemingway: A Portrait), plasma cell leukemia. Archive record: year of death 2024. Archive record: age at death 63. Archive record: occupation film and television d
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