Louis Saia
Louis Saia (May 25, 1950 – April 1, 2026) was a Canadian screenwriter and film director, most noted for the Les Boys franchise of hockey comedy films.
Louis Saia
- Name
- Louis Saia
- Born
- 25 May 1950
- Died
- 1 April 2026
- Full name
- Luigi Saia.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- actor · screenwriter · film director · television director
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Louis Saia (May 25, 1950 – April 1, 2026) was a Canadian screenwriter and film director, most noted for the Les Boys franchise of hockey comedy films.
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Key facts
• Name — Louis Saia • Born — 25 May 1950 • Died — 1 April 2026 • Partner — Lise Plouffe Mauffette
Film career
Film career
Saia began his career as a theatrical director, becoming best known for the comedic show Broue, co-created with Jean-Pierre Plante, Francine Ruel, Michel Côté, Marcel Gauthier, Marc Messier, and Claude Meunier, in the early 1980s. In 1984 they received a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for the show's English translation, Brew. In this era he also wrote film screenplays, including the theatrical films Voyage de nuit and A Childhood Friend (Une amie d'enfance), and the television film Appelez-moi Stéphane, an adaptation of his own earlier stage play. Beginning in 1993 he was one of the writers of the popular Quebec television sitcom La Petite Vie, alongside Meunier. In 1995 he released his debut film as a director, The Sphinx (Le Sphinx). He followed up in 1997 with Les Boys, which became his popular breakthrough and spawned several sequel films. After three films in the Les Boys franchise he followed up with the film Dangerous People (Les Dangereux) in 2002, but afterwards worked predominantly in television, including on the television series Radio Enfer, Histoire de filles, Max Inc. and Vice cachée.
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Death
Saia died in Montreal on April 1, 2026, at the age of 75. His partner of 40 years, Lise Plouffe Mauffette, died 18 days later, on April 19, at the age of 83.
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- 1.Louis Saia, géant de la comédie québécoise, s’éteint à 75 ans. Le Devoir. 2026-04-01.
- 2.Le dictionnaire du cinéma québécois. Boréal. 2006. 2-7646-0427-0.
- 3.biographie. Théâtre Jean Duceppe.
- 4.Marcel. Jean. Entretien avec Louis Saïa : « Faire rire, ce n’est pas un but en soi. ». 24 images. 78-79. 1995. 0707-9389. 1923-5097. 2019-02-06. 12–16.
- 5.50 ans du Bye bye: une tradition unique au monde. La Presse (Montréal) La Presse. 31 décembre 2018. 0317-9249 lire en.
- 6.Claude Legault admis au Temple de la renommée. La Presse (Montréal) La Presse. 128. 189. C4. 6 juin 2012. 0317-9249 lire en.
- 7.Auteurs. broue.ca.
- 8.Louis Saia. Agence Goodwin.
- 9.Les Paré de La petite vie entrent au musée. La Presse (Montréal) La Presse. 5 décembre 2018. 0317-9249 lire en.
- 10.Ewan Sauves. La petite vie de Saia. Montréal Campus. 2011-07-19.
- 11.Catherine Lalonde. 10 raisons qui rendent Radio-Enfer inoubliable. 20160921074554. C'est juste de la TV. décembre 2015. 2019-02-06.
- 12.[QUIZ] Vous souvenez-vous bien du film Les Boys?. Le Sac de chips. 12 décembre 2017.
- 13.Caroline Roy. Histoires de filles - Une fin en forme d'onde de choc. Le Journal de Montréal. 22 novembre 2018 horodatage.
- 14.Jean-Philippe Daoust. Louis Saia, réalisateur des films « Les Boys », est mort. Radio-Canada. 2026-04-01.
- 15.Appelez-moi Stéphane. Ici Radio-Canada. 16. 41. 9 lire en. 9 octobre 1982.
- 16.Appelez-moi Stéphane. 10 octobre 1982.
- 17.Récipiendaires de la Médaille d'honneur de l'Assemblée nationale. Assemblée nationale du Québec.
- 18.La petite vie et Marguerite Volant font belle figure aux Gémeaux. La Tribune (Sherbrooke) La Tribune. 88. 193. C7 lire en. 6 octobre 1997.
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