Bio

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Émile Fréchette is born in the vicinity of Montréal, in Mascouche. He is a multi-discplinary artist working primarely in film and games for the last 10 years. He currently works in Montréal and is the holder of a degree in Film Production from Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, for which he received the James Shavick Award In Film Programs at graduation in 2019. He also studied independent video game at the University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

During his studies, he became acquainted and did some work for the award-winning charity Youth Fusion, so that, after graduating, Émile was hired by Youth Fusion as program manager, and trusted with the organization's video game design program. During this period, he was a key actor in the development of Youth Fusion in France and helped secure help and funding from partners like Ubisoft and CodeCan.

He worked on multiple films and TV productions, and was the director of the 10 episodes web series "Ça c'est oui!" produced for the nonprofit La Barak as part of a government grant for the Québec Family Ministry's 'Together Against Bullying' initiative.

He created multiple short films which were presented in festivals, and even on broadband, he has actively created game prototypes, participated in multiple Epic Mega Jams, and released the free web Bomberman clone Doomsday Protocol. Amongst other things, he also published 3 texts with The Void Magazine and created hundreds of oil paintings as part of a large private collection of works.