Comeau, Phil
Fiction
2026 – LE TRÉSOR DES HÉRITIERS (Feature film) Director, screenwriter
Bellefeuille Production Ltée
2016 – COUSINS, COUSINES DE LA LOUISIANE (Webseries) Director, screenwriter
6 short films
2015 – BERMUDA TRIANGLE – MONSTERS OF THE SEA (Docu-drama) Director – 2 x 60 min.
Productions Handel/Arrowhead/National Geographic/Canal D/Discovery
2006 – LA SAGOUINE Director, screenwriter – 12 x 30 min.
Connections Productions/Radio-Canada/TV5
Audience favourite, 12th festival des créations télévisuelles (Luchon, France)
Tribute award to actress Viola Léger, 12th festival des créations télévisuelles (Luchon, France)
2005 – MAYDAY (Docu-drama) Director, screenwriter – 4 x 60 min.
Galaxie Productions/Cinéflix/France 5/National Geographic/Canal D/Discovery/Channel 5
Broadcasts in 104 countries
2004 – CRASH OF THE CENTURY (TV movie, Docu-drama ) Director, screenwriter
Galaxie Productions/Cinéflix/M6/Canal D/PBS
Broadcast in 21 countries
2002-2000 – TRIBU.COM I, II Director – 13 x 60 min.
Sovimage/TVA
2 nominations, Gémeaux Awards 2002 (season 2)
2 nominations, Gémeaux Awards 2001 (season 1)
2001 – CHOPIN: FREDERIC & GEORGE SAND (Docu-drama) Director – 60 min.
Ciné Qua Non Films/Radio-Canada/ARTE/A&E/Bravo!
2 nominations, Gémeaux Awards 2001
2000 – BERNARD & CHARLES (Short drama) Director, screenwriter – 30 min.
Citadel Films/MITV
1999-1998 – PIT PONY (TV series) Director – 6 x 30 min.
Cochran Entertainment/CBC/Radio-Canada
Best series, Young Artist Awards (Los Angeles) 2000
2 nominations, Gemini Awards 1999
1998 – TEEN KNIGHT (TV movie) Director
Kushner-Locke/Chesler-Perlmutter/Castel Films/Disney Channel
1997 – EMILY OF NEW MOON (TV series) Director – 60 min.
Salter Street/Cinar Productions/CBC/Radio-Canada
Best series, Alliance for Children and Television Awards 1998
3 Gemini Awards
1996 – LASSIE (TV series) Director – 2 x 30 min.
PolyGram Film/Cinar Productions/YTV/Radio-Canada
Best series, Parents Choice Awards
Best series, Charleston FilmFest
1994 – JEROME’S SECRET (Feature film) Director, screenwriter
Ciné-Groupe/Citadel Films/TVA Films Distribution
15 awards, screened at UNESCO (Paris)
6 audience awards: Namur (Belgium), Sarlat (France), Charleston (USA), Halifax, Moncton, Baie-Comeau
5 awards including best debut, Namur (Belgium), Philadelphia, Houston, Nouvelle-Orléans, San José (USA)
2 nominations, Genie Awards 1994
Digitized in 2014 by Éléphant Mémoire du cinéma, a collection of the best French-Canadian films
1990 – A DIFFICULT PASSAGE Director, screenwriter – 30 min.
Citadel Films/MITV
1987 – TRANSIT 30-50 Director, screenwriter – 2 x 30 min.
ONF/Productions du 7 avril/TFO
1986 – COLD Director, screenwriter – 30 min.
Cochran Entertainment/MITV
1985 – THE HOOKED RUG OF GRAND-PRÉ (Short drama) Director, screenwriter – 30 min.
Productions Via le Monde/Radio-Québec/Télé-Québec/Antenne 2/TFO
Excellence Awards, Festival des films de l’Atlantique
Excellence Awards, Festival du cinéma des 1er jeux de la francophonie (Morocco)
1982 – KNOCK ON WOOD (Docu-drama) Director – 3 x 30 min.
SDA Productions/CHAU-TV
1978 – THE GOSSIPS (Feature drama) Director, screenwriter – 60 min.
ONF/Radio-Canada
1977 – THE CABAN (Short drama) Director, screenwriter – 50 min.
ONF/Radio-Canada
Documentaries
2025 – RESONANCE ACADIE (Documentaire)
Réalisateur, scénariste, producteur – Cine-Baie
2023 – ROOTS, DIASPORA, AND WAR (Feature Docu-drama)
Director, screenwriter, producer – Radio-Canada/ TV5 Monde/Ciné-Baie
*Winner of 221 awards, including:
Best Canadian Documentary, Directors Cut International Film Festtival (Vancouver, BC)
Best Documentary, Accolade Global Film Competion (San Diego, California)
Best Documentary, The Gladiator Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey)
Best Director, Brandenburg International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Inspirational Award, Cinema on the Bayou (Lafayette, Louisiana)
Audience Award, International Francophone Film Festival (Moncton, NB)
2022 – THE SECRET ORDER (Feature Docu-drama)
Director, screenwriter, researcher, narrator – NFB/Unis TV
Winner of 6 awards, including:
Audience award, International Film Festival (Moncton, NB)
Special Jury Prize, Cinema on the Bayou Film Festiva (Lafayette, Louisiana)
Remi Award, WorldFest Houston (Houston, Texas)
2022 – WOMEN CAPTAINS (Documentary)
Director, screenwriter– Connections production/Radio-Canada
*21 Awards, including:
Grand Prize, International Maritime Film Festival (Bucksport, Maine)
Best Documentary, Lulea International Film Festival (Lulea, Sweden)
Best Documentary, Corti di mare Festival di Cinema (Sicile, Italy)
2019 – BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE (Short documentary) – Director, screenwriter
*458 awards, GUINNESS World Record: Most awards won by a short documentary:
Nomination, production with the most international recognition, Gémeaux Awards
Best Documentary, Top Indie Film Awards (Tokyo, Japan)
Best Documentary, Toronto Indie Shorts (Toronto, Ontario)
Best Documentary, Canada Shorts (Vancouver, BC)
Best Documentary, Paris International Film Festival (Paris, France)
Best Documentary, Southern Shorts Awards (Atlanta, Georgia)
Best Documentary, ReelHeART International Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario)
Best Short Documentary, American Golden Picture Int., Jacksonville, Florida)
Best Short Documentary, Cinema of the World Int. Film Festival (New Delhi, India)
Best Historical Documentary, Creation Int. Film Festival (Los Angeles, California)
Best North American Film, Wallachia International Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania)
Honorable Mention – Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes-Milan-Athens (Cannes, France)
2018 – ACADIAN MUSIC WAVE (Feature documentary)
Director, screenwriter – Connections Productions/Radio-Canada
11 Awards, including:
Best Documentary, International Music Video Awards (London, England)
Best Musical Documentary – American Tracks Music Awards (Los Angeles, California)
Best documentary series or program: Arts and culture, Gémeaux Awards
Remi Award, WorldFest Houston International Film Festival (Houston, Texas)
Platinum Award, World Documentary Awards (Jakarta, Indonesia)
2016 ZACHARY RICHARD, CAJUN HEART (Feature film) – Director, screenwriter – Bellefeuille Production/TV5 Monde/Radio-Canada
20 Awards, including:
Two nominations, Best direction & Best screenplay, Gemeaux Awards
Prix de la ville de Dieppe, Canadian Film Festival of Dieppe (Dieppe, France)
Audience Award, International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie (Moncton, NB)
Best Feature Film, International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie (Moncton, NB)
Director’s Choice, Festival Cinema on the Bayou (Lafayette, Louisiana)
Remi Award, WorldFest Houston International Film Festival (Houston, Texas)
Best Feature Film, Documentaries without Borders International Film Festival (Rehoboth, Delaware)
Best Feature Film, South Film and Arts Academy Festival (Rincagua, Chile)
Film Presentation du film at the United Nation, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 – BELLE-ÎLE-EN-MER, A BRETON AND ACADIAN ISLAND (Documentary, 30 min.)
Director, screenwriter –Productions Ciné-Baie/TV5 Monde/Radio-Canada
34 Awards, including:
Diamond award, Best foreign language documentary, 5th Directors Awards (Bali, Indonesia)
Best short documentary, 4th ARFF (Paris)
Best documentary, 2nd Short-Cut Cinefest (Bucharest, Romania)
Best short documentary, 7th South Cinematographic Academy Film & Arts (Rancagua, Chile)
Best short film, 30th festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie
Platinum Remi Award, culture, 50th WorldFest (Houston, USA)
Merit award, Canada Short Film Fest
Excellence award, documentary short, script, directing, 7th Best Shorts Competition (San Diego, USA)
Audience award, Radio-Canada Acadie
Artist with the most distinguished career outside Acadia, 20th Eloize Awards
Honorable mention, 2nd Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards (Taichung, Taiwan)
Honorable mention, 12th Cinema on the Bayou Festival
Honorable mention, 6th Headline International Film Festival
Best photo short, 7th South Cinematographic Academy Film & Arts (Rancagua, Chile)
Best photo documentary, 7th Southampton International Film Festival (England)
8 excellence awards: best short documentary, directing, screenwriter, cinematography, sound, music, editing, and production, 3rd Southern Shorts Awards (Roswell, USA)
2015 – THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE (Docu-drama series 2 x 1h)
Co-Director – Handel Productions /Arrowhead UK/National Geographic/Discovery Channel/
Channel 5/Canal D
2014 – SECRETARIAT’S JOCKEY, RON TURCOTTE, (Feature-length documentary, 1h15)
Director, screenwriter – ONF/Télé-Québec/Radio-Canada/TV5 Monde/Doc Channel
Nomination, best biographical documentary, Gemeaux Awards
Best film, International Sports Film Festival (Palerma, Italy)
Director’s Choice, Cinema on the Bayou Festival (Lafayette, Louisiana)
Documentary Audience award, Cinéfest International Film Festival (Sudbury, Ontario)
Audience award, 25th festival international du film Cinéfest (Sudbury, Ontario)
2013 – THE NATURE OF FRÉDÉRIC BACK (Feature-length documentary, 1h18)
Director, screenwriter – Phare-Est Média/ARTV/Radio-Canada/RDI/TFO/TV5 Monde
Two nomination, Best documentary portrait & Best research, Gemeaux Awards
Audience award, International Art Film Festival (Montreal, Quebec)
Audience award, International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie (Moncton, NB)
Grand Jury award, Director’s Choice, 9th Cinema on the Bayou Festival
Best Film, 30th festival international du film (Palerma, Italy)
2011 – ACADIANS IN QUEBEC with Fred Pellerin (Documentary series, 2 x 60 min.)
Director, screenwriter – 2 x 60 min. and website – CinImage Productions/Radio-Canada/RDI/TV5
2009 – LA NATURE AVANT TOUT (TRÉSORS VIVANTS) (Feature-length documentary, 1h18)
Director, screenwriter – Phare-Est Média/Radio-Canada
Nomination, best portrait documentary, Gémeaux Awards 2009
Audience award, 6th festival de films de Portneuf sur l’environnement
Jury special mention, 6th festival de films de Portneuf sur l’environnement
2008 – STUNT STARS (Director, screenwriter – 60 min.
CMJ Productions/E!
2007 – RISK TAKERS Director, screenwriter – 3 x 60 min.
CMJ Productions/Planète/Global/ Canal D/Discovery HD
2003 – LES COULEURS DE MON ACCENT Director, screenwriter – 2 x 60 min.
Bellefeuille Production/Production Rivard/Groupe ECP/Radio-Canada/TV5
2002 – TAIL SHIP CHRONICLES Director – 2 x 60 min.
Top Sail Entertainment/Life Network/Travel
1999 – WALK ON THE WILD SIDE! Director, screenwriter – 2 x 60 min.
Productions Espace Vert/Canal D/Discovery Channel
1995 – THE NEW DETECTIVES (Pilot) Director, screenwriter – 60 min.
New Dominion Pictures/Discovery Channel
Best series, Omni Intermedia Awards
Best series, Aurora
Best series, Telly
1993-1992 ARCHEOLOGY Director, screenwriter – 8 x 30 min.
Production du Quai 24/New Dominion Pictures/Learning Channel
Best series, Cable Ace Awards
Best series, Aurora
Best series, Telly
1993 – PALEOWORLD Director – 3 x 30 min.
New Dominion Pictures/Learning Channel
Meilleure série, CINE Golden Eagle
1995 – THE NEW DETECTIVES (Pilot) Director, screenwriter – 60 min.
New Dominion Pictures/Discovery Channel
1992 – THE ART OF THE STREET PERFORMER Director, screenwriter – 30 min.
Citadel Films/Great Circle Pictures
1991 – AU MITAN DES ÎLES Director, screenwriter – 30 min.
Production Phare Est/ONF/Radio-Canada
1990 – WEATHER AND OCEAN Screenwriter – 8 x 10 min.
Citadel Films/MITV
1984 – LA MUSIQUE NOUS EXPLIQUE Director, screenwriter – 60 min.
Production L. Leblanc/ONF/Radio-Canada
Excellence Awards, 1st Atlantic International Film Festival
1983 – SOUTH-WEST NOVA Director, screenwriter – 30 min. – NFB
1982 – J’AVIONS 375 ANS Director, screenwriter – 50 min. – ONF/Radio-Canada
1981 – NOTRE CÔTE ACADIENNE Director, screenwriter – 4 x 30 min.
Productions Ciné-Baie/MITV
1979 – LA MER ENLIGNE NOS TERRES Director, screenwriter – 3 min.
ONF/Radio-Canada
Others
2016 – CE MÉDAILLON (Music video) Zachary Richard – Director
Bellefeuille Production/Musique Plus/iTunes/Deezer/Spotify
1988-1990 – *50 COMMERCIALS Director, co-screenwriter
Citadel Communications
For Distinctions, Recognition and others, please refer to the Resume to download
