Benedict Matthew Bissonnette, usually credited as Matt Bissonnette, is a Canadian film director and writer.Randall King, "Laughing in the face of death: Humour, absurdity bring a light touch to bleak, Cohen-inspired Irish-Canadian drama". ''

Winnipeg Free Press The ''Free Press'' (or FP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press''; previously known as the ''Winnipeg Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, natio ...

'', March 12, 2021. Bissonnette and his childhood friend Steven Clark collaborated as codirectors and cowriters of the 2002 film ''

Looking for Leonard ''Looking for Leonard'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama film, directed by Matt Bissonnette and Steven Clark and released in 2002.Rick Groen, "Leonard's quest finds both vice and virtue". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 29, 2002. Synopsis The f ...

''. On his own, Bissonnette followed up with the films '' Who Loves the Sun'' in 2006, ''

Passenger Side ''Passenger Side'' is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Matt Bissonnette and produced by Corey Marr.John Griffin, "Great music and dialogue as a contact sport; passenger side Ex-N.D.G.er Matt Bissonnette directs a winning road movie". ''Mo ...

'' in 2009,John Griffin, "Great music and dialogue as a contact sport; passenger side Ex-N.D.G.er Matt Bissonnette directs a winning road movie". ''

Montreal Gazette ''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspape ...

'', October 9, 2009. and '' Death of a Ladies' Man'' in 2020. Bissonnette's films frequently use the literary or musical work of

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, soc ...

as a thematic motif; ''Looking for Leonard'' centred in part on a character's fantasies of escaping her life to run away with Cohen after reading his novel '' Beautiful Losers'', while both ''Passenger Side'' and ''Death of a Ladies' Man'' use Cohen's music in their soundtracks.Randall King, "Drama draws on spirit of 'patron saint of Montreal'". ''

'', March 8, 2021. His film ''Death of a Ladies' Man'' shares the title of Cohen's 1977 album of the same name. He also works in advertising as a commercial director, and published the novel ''Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock'' in 2008. He is the brother of actor Joel Bissonnette, and was married to actress Molly Parker from 2002 to 2016.David Spaner, "Molly relishes producing role: Parker behind and in front of the camera for latest film, Looking for Leonard". ''

The Province ''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the ''Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they ...

'', November 29, 2002.

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