Francis Leclerc was born in Quebec City in 1971. While studying communications, he developed an interest in film and, in the 1990s, directed more than 20 short and medium-length films and about 50 music videos. He has directed a total of six feature films: *Une jeune fille à la fenêtre* (2001), *Mémoires affectives* (2004), *Un été sans point ni coup sûr* (2008), *Pieds nus dans l’aube* (2017), *L’arracheuse de temps* (2021), and *Le Plongeur* (2023). In addition, he has directed several advertising campaigns as well as several television series, including *Les Rescapés*, *Apparences*, *Les beaux malaises*, and *Marche à l’ombre*. He is currently preparing a big-screen adaptation of another story by Fred Pellerin, *De peigne et de misère*, as well as *Ici la Terre*, a more intimate film written by François Bernier that is set to be his next feature film.