Louis Saia (born Luigi Saia; May 25, 1950 – April 1, 2026) was a Canadian screenwriter and film director, most noted for the Les Boys movie franchise. He began his career as a theatrical director, becoming best known for the comedic show Broue, co-created with Jean-Pierre Plante, Francine Ruel, Michel Côté, Marcel Gauthier, Marc Messier and Claude Meunier, in the early 1980s. In 1984 they received a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for the show's English translation, Brew. In this era he also wrote film screenplays, including the theatrical films Voyage de nuit and A Childhood Friend (Une amie d'enfance), and the television film Appelez-moi Stéphane, an adaptation of his own earlier stage play. Beginning in 1993 he was one of the writers of the popular Quebec television sitcom La Petite Vie, alongside Meunier. In 1995 he released his debut film as a director, The Sphinx (Le Sphinx). He followed up in 1997 with Les Boys, which became his popular breakthrough and spawned several sequel films. After three films in the Les Boys franchise he followed up with the film Dangerous People (Les Dangereux) in 2002, but has since worked predominantly in television, including on the television series Radio Enfer, Histoire de filles, Max Inc. and Vice cachée.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 25, 1950
- April 1, 2026 (aged 75)
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Writer, director and actor
- 3 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Louis Saia's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Louis Saia's films?
As of October 24, 2026, none of Louis Saia's 3 MovieCove titles is streaming on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Louis Saia's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.
Filmography
13 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Marc Messier : seul... en scène! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Through the Mist(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Dangerous People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The Boys III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Boys II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Le sphinx(1995)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Ding et Dong : Le film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Neighbours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Appelez-moi Stéphane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Une amie d'enfance(1978)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Les Boys: ainsi soit-il (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 1978 to 2023.
How do Louis Saia's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
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 Louis Saia work with?
People who share at least 2 of Louis Saia's MovieCove titles; André Corriveau shares the most, 2.
- André CorriveauShared titles: Le sphinx (1995), Une amie d'enfance (1978)See all 2 shared titles with André Corriveau