Directing
Léo Maisonneuve
Born
2002-10-28 (24)
Place of birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
Léo Maisonneuve, born and raised in the quiet suburbs of Montreal, has been directing fiction films in the city for half a decade. He developed his writing and cinematography skills at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, where his visual language refined into surreal daydreaming. Léo's directorial approach reigns in the details of a moment, defined by his sensibility for texture and metaphoric poetry.
Known for
6.4Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.
Goddess of the Fireflies
2020
Anna reunites with her big sister Romane after she spent a year away from home but Anna feels off: she still hasn’t forgiven her sister for leaving.
Rose Nevrose
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NRA man with a run-down lifestyle returns home after another mundane day at work. Shortly after arriving — and once he’s comfortably settled back into his bad habits — he notices the telltale signs of unwanted roommates: cockroaches.
Cafard
2026
8.0An abstract short film that sheds light on the bad habits of the society in which we evolve, but in a dark satiric & cynical way.
Vert Torpeur
2022
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
6.4Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.
Goddess of the Fireflies
2020
8.0An abstract short film that sheds light on the bad habits of the society in which we evolve, but in a dark satiric & cynical way.
Vert Torpeur
2022
Behind the camera
Anna reunites with her big sister Romane after she spent a year away from home but Anna feels off: she still hasn’t forgiven her sister for leaving.
Rose Nevrose
—
NRA man with a run-down lifestyle returns home after another mundane day at work. Shortly after arriving — and once he’s comfortably settled back into his bad habits — he notices the telltale signs of unwanted roommates: cockroaches.
Cafard
2026
8.0An abstract short film that sheds light on the bad habits of the society in which we evolve, but in a dark satiric & cynical way.
Vert Torpeur
2022