Jason Lapeyre is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film '' I Declare War'', which premiered at the

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and won the Audience Award at

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. ''I Declare War'' was released theatrically in the US by

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Early life and career

Lapeyre grew up as an

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on Canadian military bases all over the world. He attended film school at Queen's University. Lapeyre's debut feature, '' Cold Blooded'', premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and won the award for Best Canadian Feature. Lead performer

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won Best Actress for the film at the Bare Bones Film Festival. He also produced the 2016 feature film '' The Lockpicker'', which won the John Dunning Discovery Award for Best First Feature Film at the

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in 2017. In 2019, Lapeyre directed the streaming series ''Warigami'' for

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and

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. It premiered at Canneseries, where it was nominated for Best Short-Form Series."Warigami"
''

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'', December 2, 2019.

Filmography

* ''Faceless'' (2011) * '' Cold Blooded'' (2011) * '' The Captured Bird'' (2012) (as producer) * '' I Declare War'' (2012) * '' Cold Deck'' (2015) (as writer) * '' The Lockpicker'' (2016) (as producer) * ''Warigami'' (2019)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lapeyre, Jason Film directors from Victoria, British Columbia Film producers from British Columbia 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Writers from Victoria, British Columbia Living people 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from British Columbia