Éric K. Boulianne

Éric K. Boulianne is a Canadian screenwriter and actor from Quebec.^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[3]

He has also directed a number of short films. In 2024 he entered production on Follies (Folichonneries), his feature-length directorial debut,^[4] which premiered at the 78th Locarno Film Festival.^[5]

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).^[6]

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

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

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