Émile Gaudreault, (French: [emil ɡodʁol] born March 6, 1964) is a Quebec director, author, screenwriter and producer.

During his childhood, he moved to the Lac-Saint-Jean region, first to Lac-à-la-Croix, then to Alma and finally to Jonquière, where he studied art and media technology at Cégep.

For the big screen, he co-wrote Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (French: Louis 19, le roi des ondes), a comedy that was the highest-grossing Canadian film in 1994 and won the Golden Screen Award,[2] in addition to being the subject of an American remake under the title of Edtv (directed by Ron Howard).

[6] In 2017, he returned with a sequel to Father and Guns 2 (French: De père en flic 2) which won the Golden Screen award for the highest-grossing Canadian film.

[1] In July 2022 will be released a French remake of Compulsive Liar produced by Gaumont and directed by Olivier Baroux (Entre amis, Les Tuche).