Born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1973. After studying film, he made short films and worked for several years as a film critic. In 2005, he made his feature debut with “Drifting States”, which won the Golden Leopard in the video competition at Locarno. He also made films like “All that She Wants” (2008) and “Curling” (2010, 34th Mostra), both winners of best direction at Locarno; “Vic and Flo Saw a Bear” (2013), which won the Alfred Bauer Award at Berlinale; “Boris without Béatrice” (2016), “Ghost Town Anthology” (2019), “Social Hygiene” (2021, 45th Mostra), winner of best director award at Encounters section at Berlin International Film Festival, and “That Kind of Summer” (2022, 46th Mostra).