Lawrence Côté-Collins is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec,"Lawrence Côté-Collins : dans la tête de Billy". Tout le monde en parle, November 17, 2024. whose debut feature film Split (Écartée) premiered in 2016.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ecartée – Film de Lawrence Côté-Collins". Films du Québec, September 25, 2016.
Associated with the Kino Montréal collective, she debuted in 2009 with the short film No Pain, No Gain (Pas de pain, pas de gain). She was subsequently a director and cinematographer on other short films and music videos, and ran for political office as an Option nationale candidate for Laval-des-Rapides in the 2012 Quebec general election.Mathieu Courchesne, "Les candidats vont à la rencontre des cégépiens". TVA Nouvelles, August 21, 2012.
Split premiered at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival,Alex Rose, "Today at Fantasia". Cult MTL, July 29, 2016. where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Barry Convex Award for best Canadian film.Andrew Mack, "Fantasia 2016: TRAIN TO BUSAN Wins Audience And Jury Awards, Plus Many More Winners". ScreenAnarchy, August 4, 2016.
Her second feature film, Bungalow, premiered on the film festival circuit in 2022 before going into commercial release in 2023.Maxime Demers, "Bungalow: une comédie noire délicieusement grinçante". Le Journal de Montréal, April 6, 2023.
In 2024 she released the documentary film Billy. The film was a profile of Billy Poulin, an actor who had appeared in No Pain, No Gain prior to exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia that would eventually lead to his conviction and imprisonment for murder.Allan Hunter, "‘Billy’: Visions du Reel Review". Screen Daily, April 17, 2024. The film premiered at the Visions du Réel documentary film festival in 2024, and later won a number of awards including the Student Jury Award at the 2024 Montreal International Documentary Festival,Pat Mullen, "Intercepted and Republic Top RIDM Winners". Point of View, December 1, 2024. and a special jury citation in the documentary competition at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival.Matthew Carey, "Seattle International Film Festival: ‘Seeds,’ ‘Tinā,’ ‘Suburban Fury,’ ‘The Crowd’ Among Top Prize Winners". Deadline Hollywood, May 26, 2025.
She is bisexual.Marc-André Lussier, "Comme une pizza all dressed extra bacon !". La Presse, April 7, 2023.
Filmography No Pain, No Gain (Pas de pain, pas de gain) - 2009 Crudités - 2009 Fuck That - 2011 Score - 2011 Split (Écartée) - 2016 VHS, mon amour - 2018 Bungalow - 2022 Billy - 2024
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