Daniel Roby
Daniel Roby is a Canadian film director and cinematographer. An alumnus of the film programs at Concordia University and the University of Southern California, he worked as a camera operator and cinematographer on numerous film and television projects before releasing his own directorial debut, White Skin , in 2004.
White Skin won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by a first-time director at the 25th Genie Awards.
Roby's second film as a director, Funkytown, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 before going into general release in 2011. His third film, Louis Cyr, was released in 2013, going on to win nine Jutra Awards in 2014 including Best Film.
Throughout 2015, he directed three episodes of Versailles, Canal+'s $45-million budget production covering the life of Louis XIV.
His fourth film, Just a Breath Away , was released in 2018. It received eight Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, including Best Picture and a nod for Roby as Best Director.
Most Wanted, dramatizing an incident from the career of real-life journalist Victor Malarek, is slated for release in 2020.
