Xavier Dolan is a Canadian actor, writer and director who emerged as a major filmmaking talent while still in his teens with I Killed My Mother. Known for his emotionally charged style, bold visual language and intense portraits of love, family, identity and desire, Dolan quickly became one of the defining voices of contemporary queer cinema. His films, including Laurence Anyways, Tom at the Farm and Mommy, are passionate, stylish and unmistakably personal.