Denis cote biography
Life and career....
Denis Côté is a Canadian independent filmmaker and producer living in Quebec, of Brayon origin.
Denis Côté
Canadian filmmaker and producer
Denis Côté | |
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Côté at the Viennale in 2013 | |
Born | (1973-11-16) 16 November 1973 (age 51) Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Independent filmmaker and producer |
Denis Côté (born November 16, 1973) is a Canadian independent filmmaker and producer living in Quebec, of Brayon origin.[1] His experimental films have been shown at major film festivals around the world.[2]
Life and career
Côté was born in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada.
He studied film at Collège Ahuntsic in Montreal and founded nihilproductions around 1994. He made a number of short films, including Kosovolove (2000) and La sphatte (2003). He has also been a film critic on radio, at ici magazine from 1999 to 2005, and vice-president of the Quebec association of film critics (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma, or AQCC).
In 2005, his first feature film, Drifting States (Les états nordiq