Clyde Paquin is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist born in Montreal. His parents, both singers and songwriters, brought him up on stage at a very early age. He grew up with a guitar in his hands and a mind full of images, influenced by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, classical music, and movies.
He started as an actor when he was a kid at the Agence Marie Dupont, playing the role of Luc in the theatrical version of La Guerre des Tuques. He appears on TV in plenty of advertisements: Radio-Canada, 7 Jours magazine, etc. He then obtained lead roles in youth TV shows like Les Intrépides and Le Club des 100 watts. During this period, the director of C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée, gave him the lead role in his film La Démocratie sous les arbres.
When he entered high school, the musician in him took over; at 15 years old, he was already playing his songs in front of an audience. He was even chosen out of over 500 candidates to perform his song Changer le monde live on TVA for the Opération Enfant Soleil telethon. After that, he took a lot of stage experience with over a hundred shows in Montreal.
He then began to write and direct his own musical and film projects. His short film La Cérémonie was selected for Le Court en Web (ONF). He also composed the music for a play with André Montmorency called La plaie d'Égypte.
After a course in cinema at L’inis, he left Montreal to do an intensive workshop at the New York Film Academy, where he wrote and directed his short film Confessions. In 2012, his first novel, Le Poète de Ville-Marie, was published by Les Éditions de l’Interdit. His first feature film screenplay, Arma Dei, was then signed by producer Nicole Robert and GO Films. In 2014, he directed a short film with Kino, Dans la forêt d’Étienne, and began a master’s degree in philosophy of cinema.
Following a teaching internship in philosophy at Saint-Laurent College, he began his research work with Serge Cardinal of the Department of Cinematographic Studies at the University of Montreal. He completed his master's with a thesis entitled Philosophy of the Point of View in Cinema: Gilles Deleuze and the Reversal of Objectivity and Subjectivity.
He’s currently teaching philosophy in college while continuing to work on various artistic projects: the writing of a new feature film called The Hiddenfield Poet and the release of a “road album” titled Winnebago.