{{Short description|Canadian screenwriter and film director}} '''Sylvain Guy''' is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from [[Quebec]]. He is most noted for the 2004 film ''[[Machine Gun Molly (film)|Machine Gun Molly]] (Monica la mitraille)'', for which he and [[Luc Dionne]] won the [[Genie Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] at the [[25th Genie Awards]] in 2005.<ref>John McKay, "French-language cinema big winner at Genie Awards". ''[[Peterborough Examiner]]'', March 22, 2005.</ref> He was also previously nominated in the same category for ''[[Black List (1995 film)|Black List]] (Liste noire)'' at the [[16th Genie Awards]] in 1996,<ref name=1995nom>"Nominees for the 1995 Genie Awards". [[Canadian Press]], November 7, 1995.</ref> and subsequently at the [[10th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2022 for ''[[Confessions of a Hitman]] (Confessions)''.<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', February 15, 2022.</ref>
His first film as a director, the short film ''[[Zie 37 Stagen]]'', was a Genie nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] at the [[18th Genie Awards]] in 1997.<ref>Doug Saunders, "Egoyan film leads Genie race: The Sweet Hereafter picks up nominations for Canada's film awards". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 5, 1997.</ref> His feature film debut, ''The List'', was an English-language remake of ''Liste noire''.<ref>[[Matthew Hays]], "English remake casts stars: Quebec screenwriter directs new version". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 30, 1999.</ref>
He subsequently directed the feature films ''[[Detour (2009 Canadian film)|Detour]]'' (2009)<ref>Valérie Lessard, [https://www.ledroit.com/archives/detour-ou-le-retour-a-letat-sauvage-234adb7393c2b6caf5315b51b6221265 "Détour, ou le retour à l'état sauvage"]. ''[[Le Droit]]'', September 18, 2009.</ref> and ''The Ultimate Pranx Case'' (2012), and wrote the screenplays for the films ''[[Louis Cyr (film)|Louis Cyr]]'',<ref>Brendan Kelly, "No one man should have all that power; Antoine Bertrand carries the new biopic of strongman Louis Cyr, but he wouldn't have had to if other characters were stronger". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', July 12, 2013.</ref> ''[[Mafia Inc.]]'',<ref>Alex Rose, [https://cultmtl.com/2020/02/mafia-inc/ "Mafia Inc. digs into the rich criminal history of Montreal"]. ''[[Cult MTL]]'', February 13, 2020.</ref> ''Confessions of a Hitman''<ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2021-02-19/premieres-images-du-film-confessions.php "Premières images du film Confessions"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', February 19, 2021.</ref> and ''[[Victoire (2023 film)|Victoire]] (La Cordonnière)''.<ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/03/16/critique-de-la-cordonniere-un-film-reussi-sur-le-plan-technique-mais "Critique de «La cordonnière»: un film réussi sur le plan technique, mais..."]. ''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]'', March 16, 2023.</ref>
In 2020 he was announced as the writer of a forthcoming biopic of Quebec singer [[Diane Dufresne]].<ref>"Diane Dufresne aura droit à sa biographie au cinéma". [[Canadian Press]], November 19, 2020.</ref>
He wrote the 2023 television series ''[[Mégantic (TV series)|Mégantic]]''.<ref>Guillaume Picard, [https://www.journaldequebec.com/2023/02/07/megantic-une-uvre-chorale-profondement-humaine-et-touchante "«Mégantic»: une œuvre chorale profondément humaine et touchante"]. ''[[Le Journal de Québec]]'', February 7, 2023.</ref>
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