Benoit Pilon

Benoit Pilon is a director and screenwriter born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed awarded fictions and documentaries, including The Necessities of Life (2008), Iqaluit (2016), Le club Vinland (2020) and Roger Toupin, épicier variété (2003). He has studied film at Concordia University. In 2009, The Necessities of Life made the 9 films short list for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category.