Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2014 for his film ''Whitewash''. He also won the award for Best New Narrative Director at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, and was a shortlisted nominee, with cowriter Marc Tulin, for Best Original Screenplay at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.

Previously an actor, whose credits include supporting roles in ''The Reagans'', ''The Day After Tomorrow'' and ''Mars and April'', Hoss-Desmarais has also worked in advertising as a commercial director, and directed the short films ''Table 13'' and ''Marius Borodine''. Provided by Wikipedia