
William Gauthier
Directing
Biography
William Gauthier is a French-Canadian film director, writer and producer based in Toronto, Canada. Working in film for the better part of a decade, he got his start as an assistant director on several Montreal-based productions, including Quebec's #1 television series, District 31. His directorial debut, Each Other, won the Best Short Drama Award at the 2023 Inside Film Festival. That same year, he was named the Best First Time Filmmaker by the Swedish International Film Festival, as well as earning Best Director nominations from both the Toronto Indie Shorts and the Snow Leopard Film Festival. While his films are mostly rooted in the drama genre, he enjoys dabbling in many aspects of cinema to tell stories that explore the emotional core of complex characters and impact the audience with themes relating to family, resilience and the different faces of grief. He is the President of Studio Vallion.
Known For

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

After years of keeping his detectives at the headquarters, the Montreal PD has decided to reassign them to neighbourhood precincts in an effort to get closer to the population. Nadine Legrand and Patrick Bissonnette have to find their footing in their new work place: District 31.
District 31

Vocalists from across Quebec, Canada compete in a blockbusters vocal competition. The show's innovative format features four stages of competition: the blind auditions, the battle rounds, the knockouts and, finally, the live performance shows.
La Voix

An uneventful ride to campus becomes a nightmare as Max, a diabetic biology student, is entrapped in a diabolical wellness experiment. With her insulin supply dwindling, Max is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse to save her life.
Pins and Needles

When an expert in spousal murder is accused of killing her husband, she must use her investigation skills to prove her innocence.
Good Wife's Guide to Murder

Eliza De La Cruz knows what she wants: a high-powered job in academia; to finally go public with her (married) Senator boyfriend James Holbrooke; and to upend the nepotism and inequity in higher education.
One Deadly Decision

When circumstances conspire to leave Louise, an established Quebec painter, and Ahmed, an aspiring Lebanese-Canadian actor, sharing a remote lake house, the tension rarely abates. Understandably, Louise resents her solitude being trespassed on, particularly by someone whose backstory is hardly airtight.
Everything Outside

When his mother returns home after a long absence, a young teen must confront the painful reality of his mother's struggle with addiction.
Resilience

Kartouche narrates the wandering of four pre-adolescents oscillating between innocence and sadism, trying to smother their boredom under a mountain of bad taste. Vulgarity, incendiary provocations and the excesses of colorful characters, Kartouche is as chaotic and vibrant as the twilights of childhood can be.
Kartouche

After realizing that his 15th birthday was spoiled, Logan takes it upon himself to make Jesse the happiest he can be by bringing him along to a party and allowing him to spend time with his boyfriend. Even so, behind all these efforts, the bond and reciprocal love shared by the brothers proves to benefit Logan as much as it does Jesse and proves to be its own reward in an otherwise harsher time in both of their lives.
Each Other
When a flea market salesman finds major success with his raunchy, pushy pitch style, what led him to fame leads him to a world of trouble.
But Wait, There's More!
After returning home for the first time in two years, Caleb is unexpectedly faced with having to save the family inn, grieve his troubled father and raise his younger brother.
Le Phénix

Two sisters reunite in a hospital waiting room as their mother undergoes surgery. Initially, they engage in small talk, but as the hours drag on, tension mounts and years of unresolved conflict bubble to the surface.