Vincent René-Lortie

Vincent René-Lortie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec,^[1] most noted for his 2022 short film Invincible.^[2]

Vincent René-Lortie
Citizenship	Canadian
Occupation	Director
Known for	Invincible

He was named amongst the 2022 Young Guns Class.^[3] 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"^[4] and at the Juno Awards of 2022 for Simon Leoza's "La Nuée",^[5] and a Prism Prize nominee in 2022 for "La Nuée".^[6] In 2023 he won a Young Directors Award for "Talk Away the Dark", a public service spot for suicide prevention.^[7]

Career

René-Lortie graduated from Montreal’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema with a degree in Film Production.^[8][1] 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.^[9] In 2016, he co-founded the production company Telescope Films with partners Samuel Caron and Alexandre Nour.^[10]

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^[11] In 2023, he also directed a piece for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, titled Talk Away The Dark.^[12][13]

Filmography

Short Films

• 2022: Invincible
• 2023: A Dying Tree (La Peau de l'autre)^[14]

Other projects

• 2017: The Aviary (La Volière, dance short film)
• 2019: The Man Who Traveled Nowhere in Time (dance short film)^[15]
• 2021: Sit Still^[16]
• 2021: La Nuée (music video)^[17]
• 2023: Talk Away the Dark (commercial short film)^[12][13]
• (pending): You Were Always an Island (feature film)^[11]

Recognition

In 2022, René-Lortie was awarded with the Young Guns International Award, an award celebrating creatives under 30 from across the globe.^[3]

In 2023, his film Invincible (2022) won the Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.^[18] 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 Festival^[19] and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Saguenay International Short Film Festival.^[20] In January 2024, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.^[21]