Louis Godbout is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.Jean Siag, "L’art total d’un « jeune premier »". La Presse, March 6, 2020.
A former professor of philosophy at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, he wrote his Ph.D. thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche.Justine Smith, "Patrick Stewart reflects on Coda and his time working in Montreal". Cult MTL, June 7, 2022. He published several works of philosophical literature, including Du golf, parcours philosophique (2007),Louis Cornellier, "Essais québécois - Petite philosophie du golf". Le Devoir, April 7, 2007. Nietzche et la probité (2008),Michel Lapierre, "Essais - Nietzsche, l'écrivain antiphilosophe". Le Devoir, December 6, 2008. and Hiérarchies (2010).
In 2019 he released his directorial debut Mont Foster,Natalia Wysocka, "«Melancholia» au mont Foster". Le Devoir, March 7, 2020. and was the screenwriter of Claude Lalonde's film Coda. His screenplay A Revision (Une révision) was directed by Catherine Therrien and released in 2021,Isabel Authier, "Louis Godbout à l’origine du film Une révision". La Voix de l'Est, November 9, 2021. and in 2022 he followed up as director and screenwriter of The Cheaters (Les Tricheurs).Isabelle Hontebeyrie, "«Les tricheurs»: un golf pour psychopathes". Le Journal de Montréal, August 6, 2022.
Godbout and cowriter Normand Corbeil received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Screenplay at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for A Revision.Marc-André Lussier, "Maria Chapdelaine et Les oiseaux ivres en lice pour 16 prix Iris chacun". La Presse, April 14, 2022.
His 2026 film The Parking Spot (La Place) premiered at the 2026 Shanghai International Film Festival,Mathew Scott, "A Parking Spot, a Philosophical War and the Most Talked-About Film at Shanghai". The Hollywood Reporter, June 17, 2026. with its Canadian premiere slated for the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, "La place en première canadienne à Fantasia". Films du Québec, June 21, 2026.
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