# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-leclerc
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:27.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-leclerc"
name: "Francis Leclerc"
slug: "francis-leclerc"
description: "Francis Leclerc is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of Félix Leclerc. Since 1995 he has worked in the Quebec film industry, directing music videos for many well-known Quebec artists. He has directed more than 20 short and medium-length films, including a television adaptation of Robert Lepage’s Les Sept branches de la rivière Ota. He directed and co-wrote his critically acclaimed debut feature, A Girl at the Window , in 2001. His second feature, Looking for Alexander , a nuanced and mature work about lost memory and childhood tragedy, secured him Genie Awards for best director and screenplay as well as the Prix Jutra for direction."
tagline: "French-Canadian film director, screenwriter and film editor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Leclerc_au_salon_du_livre_de_Montr%C3%A9al_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             1.604938271604938
  historical:           5.480202666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496180/"
    handle:    "nm0496180"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Leclerc"
    title: "Francis Leclerc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرنسيس لوكلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرنسيس لوكلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Leclerc"
    title: "Francis Leclerc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Leclerc"
    title: "Francis Leclerc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294442"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129531"
    title: "Francis Leclerc"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump