François Jaros (born October 15, 1985) is a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec."The bigger, meaner world of François Jaros' Oh What A Wonderful Feeling". National Post, May 16, 2016.
He is a two-time winner of the award for Best Live Action Short Film at the Prix Jutra/Iris, winning at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for Life's a Bitch (Toutes des connes)"Consécration pour Mommy aux Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, March 15, 2015. and at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Maurice."«La passion d’Augustine» balaie tout". Le Devoir, March 21, 2016. For Maurice, he was also awarded at Fantasia's International Short Film Competition.
His 2016 film Oh What a Wonderful Feeling was also shortlisted in the same category at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017,"Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris". Le Devoir, April 6, 2017. and was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards."2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.
Jaros is largely a self-taught filmmaker; after completing CEGEP education he applied to study film at Concordia University but was not successfully admitted to the program. According to Jaros, "I was proactive. I went on and did films instead of studying them.""Montreal director going to Cannes with short film". CBC News Montreal, April 18, 2016.
He has also directed episodes of the television series En tout cas"«En tout cas» de retour pour une deuxième saison". Le Soleil, April 24, 2018. and the web series Adulthood (L'Âge adulte)."«L’âge adulte»: Guillaume Lambert et le danger tranquille". Le Devoir, March 24, 2018.
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