Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec,Michael Major, "INVINCIBLE Short Film Shares A Heartwrenching Tale Based On True Events". Broadway World, October 6, 2023. most noted for his 2022 short film Invincible.Benjamin Franz, "Invincible". Film Threat, October 4, 2023.
He was named amongst the 2022 Young Guns Class. He has been a two-time Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 2021 for Sheenah Ko's "Wrap Me Up"Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021. and at the Juno Awards of 2022 for Simon Leoza's "La Nuée","Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022. and a Prism Prize nominee in 2022 for "La Nuée".Allie Gregory, "Here Are the Top 10 Prism Prize Nominees for 2022". Exclaim!, May 18, 2022. In 2023 he won a Young Directors Award for "Talk Away the Dark", a public service spot for suicide prevention.Izzy Ashton, "YDA winner Vincent Rene-Lortie talks away the dark". Shots, August 30, 2023.
Career René-Lortie graduated from Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema with a degree in Film Production. After graduating, he began his career as director of narrative music videos. His music videos La Nuée (2021) and Wrap Me Up (2021) were both nominated at for a Juno Award. In 2016, he co-founded the production company Telescope Films with partners Samuel Caron and Alexandre Nour.
René-Lortie has made several experimental films, one live action short film, and is currently developing his first feature film, You Were Always An Island In 2023, he also directed a piece for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, titled Talk Away The Dark.
Filmography
Short films 2022: Invincible 2025: A Dying Tree (La Peau de l'autre)
Other projects 2017: The Aviary (La Volière, dance short film) 2019: The Man Who Traveled Nowhere in Time (dance short film) 2021: Sit Still 2021: La Nuée (music video) 2023: Talk Away the Dark (commercial short film) (pending): You Were Always an Island (feature film)
Recognition In 2022, René-Lortie was awarded with the Young Guns International Award, an award celebrating creatives under 30 from across the globe.
In 2023, his film Invincible (2022) won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards. The short also won a number of awards from international film festivals, including the International Jury Special Award at the 2023 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film FestivalLaurence Boyce, "The 45th edition of Clermont-Ferrand comes to a close". Cineuropa, February 6, 2023. and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Saguenay International Short Film Festival. In January 2024, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
References
External links
Vincent René-Lortie on Vimeo.