---
name: "Jean-Claude Lauzon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-claude-lauzon"
fi1m_id: "jean-claude-lauzon"
imdb_id: "nm0491682"
tmdb_id: 68315
wikidata_id: "Q323659"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 September 1953"
died: "10 August 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:20:49.244870+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean-Claude Lauzon

## Identity

Jean-Claude Lauzon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-claude-lauzon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-claude-lauzon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0491682
- **TMDB ID:** 68315
- **Wikidata ID:** Q323659
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Lauzon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68315

Writer. Born 29 September 1953 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Died 10 August 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 September 1953, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- **Died:** 10 August 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Lauzon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491682/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68315

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Decline of the American Empire*](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Léolo* (1992), Director, Screenplay
- *Night Zoo* (1987), as Man at pool bar (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)
- *Piwi* (1981), Director, Writer
- *Super-Maire* (1979), Director, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay 1992: Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Léolo*
- Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay 1988: Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Night Zoo*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jean-claude-lauzon