Frédérick Neegan Trudel is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from

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, whose debut feature film '' Vacarme'' was a shortlisted finalist for the

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at the

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in 2021. A member of the

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nation, Trudel studied visual effects and animation at the

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and the

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, and began working in the film industry as a lighting artist and digital compositor."Cayenne Médias annonce l’arrivée de Neegan Trudel à titre de producteur et réalisateur au sein de son équipe"
''CTVM.info'', November 17, 2020. His visual effects credits include work on the films ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Rings'' and '' Stronger''. He subsequently directed the short films ''Guanzillum'' (2017) and ''Ashen Sleep'' (2017) before making ''Vacarme''. In 2020, following the release of ''Vacarme'', Trudel joined the production firm Cayenne Médias to direct and produce

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-themed projects.

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