Pedro Pires (born 1969 in Nantes, France) is a Canadian film director."Two directors, two fortes; Pires and Lepage complement each other in the visually rich, conceptually complex Triptyque". Montreal Gazette, October 9, 2013. His short film Danse Macabre won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival"It's a wrap for TIFF; Film 'Precious' nabs audience prize at festival, stoking Oscar predictions". Telegraph-Journal, September 21, 2009. and the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards,"Bold Canadian shorts pack big punch". Toronto Star, September 9, 2011. his short film Hope was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012,"Genie Awards 2012: the nominations" . Hour Community, January 17, 2012. and he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Director at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for Triptych, which he co-directed with Robert Lepage."Hooray for Canada; Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday". Windsor Star, March 8, 2014.
His most recent film, the documentary Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou), received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Pires) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Pires, Sophie Leblond and Sylvia de Angelis).Jillian Morgan, "Extra: Drive takes Australia doc; Canadian Screen Awards nominees unveiled". RealScreen, February 18, 2020.
He is also a visual effects technician and art director, whose credits have included several of Lepage's other films and the television series Charlie Jade."Visual language is key to Pires's short film format; Hope is set 'where dreams mix with reality'". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2011.
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