Screenwriters from Montreal

Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Canadian actor (born 1931)

Canadian filmmaker (born 1989)

Canadian-American film director

Canadian writer (1931–2001)

Canadian director, screenwriter, film editor, actor and film producer from Québec

Haitian Canadian novelist, screenwriter and former journalist

Bowen Yang is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. Yang was a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2018, and a cast member for seven seasons from 2019 until his departure in 2025. He became the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021, the same year he was promoted to repertory status.

playwright working in Quebec (born 1942)

novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland (1921-1999)

Jacob Daniel Tierney is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. He is the co-creator, co-writer, director, and executive producer of the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny (2016–2023), the executive producer and director of the first two seasons of its spinoff series, Shoresy (2022–2023), and the creator, writer, director and executive producer of the sports romance series Heated Rivalry (2025–present).

television producer

Canadian actress

Canadian filmmaker

film director, screenwriter

Film director and screenwriter

Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter (1930–1986)

Canadian actor

Canadian actress

screenwriter and producer

actor, screenwriter, producer

Canadian film director and screenwriter (1939–2019)

Canadian writer (1916-1995)

Canadian film director, screenwriter, writer (1946–2009)

Canadian film maker

Canadian actor and director

Canadian screenwriter

British-born Canadian–American screenwriter, motion picture and television film director and producer

Canadian-Tunisian film director

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

Canadian actress

Canadian film director and screenwriter (born 1943)

Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer (1944-1993)

Canadian actress

Canadian composer and screenwriter

screenwriter, producer and director

Canadian actress

Film director, playright and screenwriter of Québec (1927–1999)

Canadian writer

playwright working in Quebec

Canadian film director

actress

French Canadian writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker (1943-2011)

Canadian actor, writer born in Montréal

Canadian film director and screenwriter (1943–2022)

Canadian actor

Canadian politician

Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1961)

Canadian poet (1950-1994)

Canadian journalist, actor, educator and writer (born 1925)

Canadian filmmaker

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Canadian artist and actor (born 1946)

Canadian actor and comedian

Canadian writer

Canadian actress

French-Canadian cartoonist

Canadian politician

Canadian actor