Sylvain Guy is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from

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. He is most noted for the 2004 film '' Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)'', for which he and

Luc Dionne Luc Dionne is a Canadian screenwriter and director born in Quebec in 1960. Luc's work is largely directed towards the French-speaking market. However, many within the industry accredit Dionne's successful ''Omerta television series, Omerta'' serie ...

won the

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for

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at the

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in 2005. He was also previously nominated in the same category for ''

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(Liste noire)'' at the

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in 1996,"Nominees for the 1995 Genie Awards".

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, November 7, 1995. and subsequently at the

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in 2022 for ''

Confessions of a Hitman ''Confessions of a Hitman'' (french: Confessions) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Luc Picard and released in 2021. Based on ''Gallant: confessions d’un tueur à gages'', a 2015 non-fiction book written by Éric Thibault and Félix Sé ...

(Confessions)''. His first film as a director, the short film ''

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'', was a Genie nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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in 1997. His feature film debut, ''The List'', was an English-language remake of ''Liste noire''. He subsequently directed the feature films ''

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'' (2009) and ''The Ultimate Pranx Case'' (2012), and wrote the screenplays for the films ''

Louis Cyr Louis Cyr (; born Cyprien-Noé Cyr, October 10, 1863 - November 10, 1912) was a Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting (1/4 ton) with one finger and backlifting (2 ...

'', ''

Mafia Inc. ''Mafia Inc.'' is a 2019 Canadian crime drama film directed by Podz and scripted by Sylvain Guy. Based on the non-fiction book ''Mafia Inc: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan'' by journalists André Cédilot and André Noël, the ...

'', ''Confessions of a Hitman'' and '' Victoire (La Cordonnière)''. In 2020 he was announced as the writer of a forthcoming biopic of Quebec singer

Diane Dufresne Diane Dufresne, (born 30 September 1944) is a French Canadian singer and painter, and is known for singing a large repertoire of popular Quebec songs. Dufresne was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She lived in Paris from 1965 to 1967 where s ...

. He wrote the 2023 television series '' Mégantic''.Guillaume Picard
"«Mégantic»: une œuvre chorale profondément humaine et touchante"
''

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'', February 7, 2023.

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