Robert Budreau (born January 25, 1974 in London, Ont., Canada) is a Canadian director, screenwriter and producer at his production company Lumanity with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto, and North Bay.Before completing his debut theatrical feature film That Beautiful Somewhere starring Roy Dupuis, he made a series of short films that won awards at film festival around the world and aired on various television stations. His short film Judgment Call [sic] won Best Short Film on the Emmy-nominated PBS series 'The Short List', while his short film Dry Whiskey [sic] (executive produced by Fred Fuchs, former head of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope) has won multiple awards at various film festivals, including Best Film at Cinefest Sudbury 2005 and appearing on Alliance Atlantis Showcase. Other features include the Canadian-Colombian co-production entitled ¿The Boss¿, which was a box-office hit internationally, as well as the comedy Cubicle Warriors now titled Bank$tas and the thriller Solo.He originally completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology/Biology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario where he received the Governor General's Medal and a Chancellor's Scholarship. He also authored 'Perception During Early Infancy', for the Journal of Psychological Science and played on the McMaster Varsity Volleyball team. (Previously, Budreau played on the Ontario Junior Provincial basketball team.)Budreau then obtained a law degree at the University of British Columbia and at the University of California - Hasting College of the Law in San Francisco, California. While attending law school, he also completed a film diploma at the Vancouver Film School, worked in development at British Columbia Film and consulted at the Director's Guild of Canada.Budreau worked as a corporate/entertainment lawyer at Goodmans LLP in Toronto from 2001 to 2004 before leaving the practice of law to focus on filmmaking full-time.
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