Benoit Godbout

Producer, Director

Benoit Godbout is a Montreal-based animation director, writer, and visual creator. A graduate of UQAM with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design, he began his career as a storyboard artist and character designer before moving into directing for multiple animation studios. His directing credits include the animated television series Les Mini-tuques/Snowsnaps, Les Grandes gueules s’animent/Two Nuts and a Richard, and Blaise le blasé/Fred’s Head (Télétoon), Pérusse Cité/Ben’s City (Radio-Canada), as well as NCK en coulisses/NCK Backstage and Joy Eternal for Web platforms. He has also served as art director on Vie de Quartier/Life On the Block (Radio-Canada) and Toupie & Binou (Treehouse/Télé-Québec).

In 2018, Godbout directed his first animated feature film, La Course des Tuques/Racetime, produced by CarpeDiem Film & TV, marking a turning point toward long-form storytelling. In 2024, CarpeDiem entrusted him with the direction of two additional feature projects, Les Bottanïx/The Bottanix and Débridés/Unstable. Beyond animation, he co-wrote the documentary Au Québec avec Tintin (Télé-Québec) with Jean-Philippe Duval and is the creator of the comic book series Académie des chasseurs de primes (three volumes, Éditions Les 400 coups). Benoit is currently developing multiple film and television projects as a writer and creator. His work has earned two Gémeaux Awards for directing (Pérusse Cité and Blaise le blasé), along with numerous nominations, including at the Québec Cinema Awards.