Francois Girard is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter who produced his first feature film, Cargo (1990); he attained international recognition following his 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. In 1998, he wrote and directed The Red Violin, that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards. He also directed The Song of Names (2020). In 2013, the Metropolitan Opera in New York opened a new production of Richard Wagner`s Parsifal directed by Girard. The production received near universal acclaim from critics and audiences alike. His television credits include Le dortoir, Peter Gabriel`s Secret World and The Sound of the Carceri, one of the six episodes of Yo Yo Ma Inspired by Bach.