Sophie Dupuis facts for kids

Sophie Dupuis is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Val-d'Or, Quebec, who studied at Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal whose feature film debut Family First (Chien de garde) premiered in 2018 and was selected as Canada's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.

The film was nominated for eight Prix Iris at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, including a Best Director nomination for Dupuis.

Prior to Family First, Dupuis directed the short films J'viendrais t'chercher, Si tu savais Rosalie, Félix et Malou, Faillir and L'hiver et la violence.

Her second feature film, Underground (Souterrain), was released in 2020. Her third, Solo, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.

Following Solo, Dupuis came out as queer in an essay for CBC Arts.