Paul Barbeau

Paul Barbeau is a Canadian director and film producer who lives in Montreal, Quebec. Producer of more than 700 music videos, 15 feature films, he has also written and directed three feature films. Barbeau has produced approximately 700 music videos for various international artists (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Martha Wainwright, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, and others) with his production company NúFilms which was founded in 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards, Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award nominations, NuFilms was forced to end production largely due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music. In the winter of 2009, under financial strain, Barbeau shuts down the company. The experience inspired him to write and then later direct his first feature film, Après la neige aka Winter Passed (English title), released in 2012 which premiered at the Shanghai Inter...