Jacques Davidts

Born 1953 · Belgian screenwriter

Jacques Davidts is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of Polytechnique (2009), for which he won a Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.

Jacques Davidts, in order

1. 2003 À Hauteur d'homme: wrote · directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque
2. 2006 Kif-Kif (TV series): wrote · directed by Mariloup Wolfe and Pascale Cusson
3. 2008 Next Floor (short film): wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve
4. 2008 The Parent Family (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Louis Choquette and Patrice Sauvé
5. 2009 Polytechnique: wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve · critics 88%, audiences 76% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla
6. 2016 Naši (TV series): wrote · directed by Andrea Horečná and Peter Begányi
7. 2023 Ru: wrote · directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud