“I never thought of my father when I was growing up. Truly. He was a strong, silent man who worked hard to support his family.”

Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director

Robert Lepage is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director. He is known for his multidisciplinary work in theatre and film, and for Ex Machina, the performance and production company he founded in Quebec City in 1994. Lepage’s career spans writing, acting, directing for stage, and directing for film, with a practice that often brings these forms together. His work is closely associated with Ex Machina, the company through which he has developed much of his most recognized multidisciplinary production work.