Adam Belanger

{{Short description|Canadian production designer}} '''Adam Belanger''' is a Canadian film, television and theatrical production designer based in Toronto, Ontario.<ref>Oliver Thompson, [https://www.cbc.ca/television/everything-about-the-blackberry-series-is-perfectly-90s-1.7039300 "Everything about the BlackBerry series is perfectly '90s"]. CBC Arts, November 30, 2023.</ref> He is most noted for his work on the film ''BlackBerry'', for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.<ref>Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-cinematic-arts-2/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts"]. ''Broadcast Dialogue'', May 30, 2024.</ref>

Belanger, who studied theatre at the University of British Columbia, began his career as a production designer for theatrical shows and music videos, often in collaboration with actor and director David Lafontaine of the Unit 102 Theatre Company.<ref>[https://www.myentertainmentworld.ca/2016/01/adam-belanger/ "Nominee Interview Series: Adam Belanger (2015)"]. ''My Entertainment World'', January 2016.</ref> In 2018 he directed a production of Lucas Hnath's play ''Isaac's Eye'' for Toronto's Assembly Theatre.<ref>Carly Maga, "Toronto gets its first official look at Lucas Hnath with the play Isaac's Eye". ''Toronto Star'', October 5, 2018.</ref>

He has also been a production designer on the film ''Wexford Plaza'', and the television series ''Miss Persona'', ''Running with Violet'' and ''Nirvanna the Band the Show''.

Belanger and Lafontaine co-directed the film ''A Breed Apart'', their joint feature-length filmmaking debut, which premiered at the 2025 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.<ref>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/08/05/cinefests-first-wave-of-titles-includes-two-world-premieres/ "Cinéfest’s first wave of titles includes two world premieres"]. ''Playback'', August 5, 2025.</ref>

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