Benedict Matthew Bissonnette, usually credited as Matt Bissonnette, is a Canadian film director and writer. [1]
Bissonnette and his childhood friend Steven Clark collaborated as codirectors and cowriters of the 2002 film Looking for Leonard. [2] On his own, Bissonnette followed up with the films Who Loves the Sun in 2006, [3] Passenger Side in 2009, [4] and Death of a Ladies' Man in 2020. [1]
Bissonnette's films frequently use the literary or musical work of Leonard Cohen as a thematic motif; Looking for Leonard centred in part on a character's fantasies of escaping her life to run away with Cohen after reading his novel Beautiful Losers, while both Passenger Side and Death of a Ladies' Man use Cohen's music in their soundtracks. [5]
He also works in advertising as a commercial director, [5] and published the novel Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock in 2008. [6]
He is the brother of actor Joel Bissonnette, [4] and was married to actress Molly Parker from 2002 to 2016. [7]
Benedict Matthew Bissonnette, usually credited as Matt Bissonnette, is a Canadian film director and writer. [1]
Bissonnette and his childhood friend Steven Clark collaborated as codirectors and cowriters of the 2002 film Looking for Leonard. [2] On his own, Bissonnette followed up with the films Who Loves the Sun in 2006, [3] Passenger Side in 2009, [4] and Death of a Ladies' Man in 2020. [1]
Bissonnette's films frequently use the literary or musical work of Leonard Cohen as a thematic motif; Looking for Leonard centred in part on a character's fantasies of escaping her life to run away with Cohen after reading his novel Beautiful Losers, while both Passenger Side and Death of a Ladies' Man use Cohen's music in their soundtracks. [5]
He also works in advertising as a commercial director, [5] and published the novel Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock in 2008. [6]
He is the brother of actor Joel Bissonnette, [4] and was married to actress Molly Parker from 2002 to 2016. [7]