Michel Jetté is a Québecois

French-speaking Quebecer

French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....

 director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He produced three full-length movies, several short films, and over a hundred television reports. His most recent upcoming release is BumRush

BumRush

BumRush is a 2011 Canadian film directed by Michel Jetté. BumRush is an independent film that was shot in Montreal in French and English and features Emmanuel Auger in the lead role of L'Kid and Bad News Brown in the role of gang leader Loosecanon. Musician and actor Bad News Brown was murdered...

on 1 April 2011.

He studied communication and cinema and interned under the filmmaker Jean Lefebvre

Jean Lefebvre

Jean Lefebvre was a French film actor.-Selected filmography:* La Belle Américaine * La Vendetta * Konga Yo...

 between 1989 and 1984, during which time he released three short films: L'Ombre de la lumière (1979), Pixil, and Jan de Table (1984). He then produced L'univers d'Audrée (1986) and La Tarentule (1998).

Awards and nominations

• Jetté won the Gemini Award
  Gemini Award
  The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
  
   for Best Current Affairs Series three times for his subsequent directing of the television series Le Match de la Vie between 1990 and 1994.
• In 2000, he won "Grand Prix des Amériques" for Hochelaga
  Hochelaga (film)
  Hochelaga is a French language Canadian crime drama written and directed by Michel Jetté. Produced in the year 2000, it stars Dominic Darceuil as a young would-be criminal and his deepening involvement with an outlaw motorcycle club during the Quebec Biker war.-Cast:*Dominic Darceuil ... Marc*David...
  
  at the Montreal World Film Festival
  Montreal World Film Festival
  The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
  
  
• In 2001, he was nominated for three Jutra Award
  Jutra Award
  The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...
  
  s for Hochelaga, namely for Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Screenplay.

Filmography

Movies

• 1994: Le lac de la lune
• 2000: Hochelaga
  Hochelaga (film)
  Hochelaga is a French language Canadian crime drama written and directed by Michel Jetté. Produced in the year 2000, it stars Dominic Darceuil as a young would-be criminal and his deepening involvement with an outlaw motorcycle club during the Quebec Biker war.-Cast:*Dominic Darceuil ... Marc*David...
  
  
• 2002: Histoire de Pen
  Histoire de Pen
  Histoire de Pen is a Québécois film directed by Michel Jetté and released in 2002, about a young man's time in a penitentiary. It is based on Léo Lévesque's collection of prison stories Contes en coup de poing...
  
  
• 2011: BumRush
  BumRush
  BumRush is a 2011 Canadian film directed by Michel Jetté. BumRush is an independent film that was shot in Montreal in French and English and features Emmanuel Auger in the lead role of L'Kid and Bad News Brown in the role of gang leader Loosecanon. Musician and actor Bad News Brown was murdered...
  
  

Short films

• 1979: L'Ombre de la lumière
• ????: Pixil
• 1984: Jan de Table
• 1986: L'univers d'Audrée
• 1988 La Tarentule

External links

• BumRush Official website