Eric K. Boulianne is a Canadian screenwriter and actor from Quebec.Jean-Philippe Cipriani, "Eric K. Boulianne : l’étoile inconnue du cinéma québécois". L'actualité, February 1, 2023. He is most noted as the writer of the film Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose), for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Screenplay at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, and as cowriter with Stéphane Lafleur of the film Viking, for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.Laila Maalouf, "Le Québec s’illustre parmi les finalistes des Prix Écrans canadiens". La Presse, February 22, 2023.
He has also directed a number of short films. In 2024 he entered production on Follies (Folichonneries), his feature-length directorial debut,Charles-Henri Ramond, "Eric K. Boulianne tourne Folichonneries". Films du Québec, December 16, 2024. which premiered at the 78th Locarno Film Festival.Mona Tabbara, "Locarno unveils 2025 line-up including premieres of Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’, Kamal Aljafari’s ‘With Hasan In Gaza’". Screen Daily, July 8, 2025.
He received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, in the categories of Best Adapted Screenplay for The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur), and Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama for Making Babies (Faire un enfant)."BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.
Filmography Writer Little Brother (Petit frère) - 2014 Prank - 2016 Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2) - 2017 Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) - 2019 Compulsive Liar (Menteur) - 2019 Heart Bomb (Une bombe au cœur) - 2019 Barbarians of the Bay (Les Barbares de la Malbaie) - 2019 Viking - 2022 The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur) - 2023 Farador - 2023 Making Babies (Faire un enfant) - 2023 Follies (Folichonneries) - 2025 Compulsive Liar 2 (Menteuse) - 2025 Bon Cop, Bad Cop - 2026
Actor L'Affaire Dumont - 2012 Little Brother (Petit frère) - 2014 Prank - 2016 The Fall of Sparta (La Chute de Sparte) - 2018 Heart Bomb (Une bombe au cœur) - 2019 A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) - 2019 There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier) - 2020 Farador - 2023 Making Babies (Faire un enfant) - 2023 Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse) - 2025 Follies (Folichonneries) - 2025 Bon Cop, Bad Cop - 2026
Director Le cul des autres - 2011 Bubblegum Champs (Champions gomme-balloune) - 2011 Montréal Zombies - 2012 Les Royaumes de Kromaki - 2013 De Borst - 2013 Fireman - 2014 Making Babies (Faire un enfant) - 2023 Follies (Folichonneries) - 2025
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