Érik Canuel (April 30, 1961 - June 15, 2024) was a film director and actor from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Canuel, the son of actor Yvan Canuel began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché, Sass Jordan, Norman Iceberg, Vilain Pingouin and Sylvain Cossette. After shooting a number of TV commercials, several of them award-winners, he worked as a director on the television series Big Wolf on Campus, for the Fox network, and The Hunger, broadcast on Showtime and The Movie Network. In 2000, his Imax film Hemingway: A Portrait won a Genie Award for best short documentary, as well as the Maximum Image Award for best 2D film at the Miami Aventura Imax Days. Canuel also directed Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher in 2000, The Pig's Law (La Loi du cochon) in 2001, Red Nose (Nez rouge) in 2003, The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel) in 2004, The Outlander (Le Survenant) in 2005, and Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2006, receiving numerous nominations and awards. In 2010, Canuel directed the episode "Fa la Erica" (season 3, ep. 11) of the TV series Being Erica. In 2016, he directed a segment of the collective film 9 (9, le film). In 2020, Canuel directed the last four episodes entitled "Collapse", "Orphans", "Relapse" and "The Only Way Out Is Through" of the first season of the TV series Transplant. Canuel passed away June 15, 2024.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 30, 1961
- June 15, 2024 (aged 63)
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Director, also writer
- 15 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Erik Canuel's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Erik Canuel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Erik Canuel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Transplant(2020)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Undercover Grandpa(2017)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Ransom(2017)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Bad Hair Day(2015)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Mirror Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Transporter(2012)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Barrymore(2011)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Lost Girl(2010)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Rookie Blue(2010)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Cadavres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Aaron Stone(2009)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Flashpoint(2008)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Bon Cop Bad Cop(2006)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Outlander (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Last Tunnel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Red Nose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Pig's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Vampire High(2001)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Big Wolf on Campus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Hemingway: A Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Hunger(1997)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 23 titles from 1997 to 2020.
Biggest box office
Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
Highest rated
Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
Most popular right now
Aaron Stone (2009)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Erik Canuel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the atmosphere 53/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Erik Canuel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Erik Canuel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michel Corriveau shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Alex EpsteinShared titles: Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006), Vampire High (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Epstein
Actors
- Kenneth WelshShared titles: Undercover Grandpa (2017), Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Welsh
Composers and editors
- Michel CorriveauShared titles: Undercover Grandpa (2017), Bad Hair Day (2015), Barrymore (2011), Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006), Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Michel Corriveau
- Jean-François BergeronShared titles: Undercover Grandpa (2017), Bad Hair Day (2015), Barrymore (2011), Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Jean-François Bergeron
Producers
- Ronald GilbertShared titles: Undercover Grandpa (2017), Vampire High (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Ronald Gilbert