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FREDERIC BOHBOT

PRODUCER | DIRECTOR

Executive Producer of the 2014 Academy Award winning short documentary The Lady in Number 6, Frederic Bohbot founded Bunbury Films in 2002 as an independent producer/director intending only to make one film: Once a Nazi…- 2006 (Canal D, PBS, Noga).

On the back of the critical success of Once a Nazi… there was no turning back and Bohbot expanded Bunbury’s production slate – producing a number of documentaries including: Bigfoot’s Reflection – 2007 (Space, Netflix) and Leaving the Fold – 2008 (SRC, ABC, YLE, Documentary, Canal +, TV5 Monde, RTBF). 2010-12 were break out years for Bohbot, producing four documentaries Burning Water, (CBC) Land of Destiny, (Documentary, PBS) Underdog Plaza (OMNI, PBS) and the epic Triumph of the Wall aka: Work in Progress (Superchannel, Theatrical).

November 2013 saw the release of My Brothers Vows a German co-production (ARTE), which premiered at DOK Leipzig and The Lady in Number 6 (Oscar™ Winner!, Netflix). In 2015 Frederic produced Underdog Rises about the rise and fall of boxing champion Dierry Jean for OMNI. 2016 was a busy year where Bohbot completed the television documentary and the interactive digital platform Vie de Chateau (Radio Canada) about the celebrated Chateau Frontenac as well as the feature docs Shadows of Paradise featuring David Lynch (Documentary, Bell Media, Theatrical) and Zimbelism on the photographer George S. Zimbel as well as his first foray into fiction filmmaking, producing the feature fiction Boost (5 CSA Award Nominations, Shanghai FF) with the support of Telefilm Canada and Film Option International.

2017 saw the completion and broadcast of Kosher Love (Best Doc CSA Nom) for CBC while in production on You Are What You Act (Documentary/Canal D), I Think You’ve Been Looking For Me (CBC) and Tuning the Brain with Music (Radio Canada). Bohbot produced The Walrus and the Whistleblower in 2020, winner of 2020 Hot Docs Audience Award and in 2022 he produced and released Pouvoir Oublier (Télé-Québec) and produced two short films, Queen of the Punks and Soleil de nuit. Both shorts were release in 2023 where Soleil won the Best International Film Award at the prestigious Palm Springs Short Fest. Bohbot also produced Ara Ball’s next feature fiction L’Ouragan F.Y.T which premiered to critical acclaim in October 2023 at Montreal’s famous Festival du nouveau cinema.