Louis Morneau

• Name — Louis Morneau • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • Years Active — 1991–2012 Louis Morneau is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Morneau has been described as a "graduate of the Roger Corman school". He is the director of various B/cult films, including what Dread Central calls ’the notoriously terrible’ Bats, in 1999, a film, however, praised by Mark F. Berry in his book about dinosaur films, in which this author considers that Bats is a ’handsome and misunderstood fifties-monster homage’’, explaining Morneau's personal style by his former career as film editor. The B movie French site Nanarland sees in him a "yes man", who "is not inherently bad, but (who) will quickly specialize in broke direct-to-video (Bats, Hitcher II).". Morneau is also known for being "the man behind horror sequels Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, The Hitcher: I've Been Waiting, Carnosaur 2". After Carnosaur 2 in 1995, he directed Retroactive, and Made Men the year after, both starring Jim Belushi, the latter also starring Timothy Dalton.

Morneau was the long-time partner of the actress Catherine Cyran.

Films directed by Louis Morneau • Year — Title — Functioned as — Notes • Director — Writer — Producer • 1991 — To Die Standing — aka Crackdown Starring Cliff DeYoung and Robert Beltran • 1992 — Final Judgement — Starring Brad Dourif, Karen Black and Isaac Hayes • Quake — Starring Steve Railsback and Erika Anderson • 1995 — Soldier Boyz — Starring Michael Dudikoff and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa • Carnosaur 2 — Starring John Savage and Cliff DeYoung Sequel to Carnosaur • Hellfire — Story — Directed by David Tausik Starring Ben Cross and Beverly Garland • 1997 — Retroactive — Starring Jim Belushi and Kylie Travis • 1998 — Made Men — Produced by Richard Donner and Joel Silver Starring Jim Belushi, Timothy Dalton and Steve Railsback • 1999 — Bats — Starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer • 2003 — The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting — Starring C. Thomas Howell, Kari Wuhrer and Jake Busey Sequel to The Hitcher • 2004 — Bet Your Life — Starring Billy Zane • 2004 — Slipstream — Starring Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones and Ivana Miličević • 2008 — Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead — Starring Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano and Kyle Schmid Sequel to Joy Ride • 2012 — Werewolf: The Beast Among Us — Starring Ed Quinn, Stephen Rea and Steven Bauer Unofficial sequel to The Wolfman