François Jaros (born October 15, 1985) is a

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film and television director from

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. 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)'' and at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for '' Maurice''. For ''Maurice'', he was also awarded at Fantasia's International Short Film Competition. His 2016 film '' Oh What a Wonderful Feeling'' was also shortlisted in the same category at the

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in 2017, and was a shortlisted

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nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards. Jaros is largely a self-taught filmmaker; after completing

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education he applied to study film at

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but was not successfully admitted to the program. According to Jaros, "I was proactive. I went on and did films instead of studying them." He has also directed episodes of the television series ''En tout cas'' and the web series ''

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'', March 24, 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaros, François 1985 births Film directors from Montreal Canadian television directors Living people