From the comedy cult film La Florida, to dramatic television series and movies that challenge, entertain and inspire, Pierre Sarrazin and Suzette Couture combine production expertise with award-winning creative talent.
Sarrazin Couture Entertainment is based in Toronto and Los Angeles.
Company Credits
After the Harvest, movie for television, CTV, starring Sam Shepard, directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
The Man Who Lost Himself, movie for television, CTV, starring David James Elliott, directed by Helen Shaver.
The Life, movie for television, CTV, starring Bruce Greenwood, directed by Lynne Stopkewich
The City, hour length series, 33 episodes for CTV, distributed by Fremantle International
The Terrorist Next Door, movie for television, CTV, directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
The Sheldon Kennedy Story, movie for television, CTV, directed by Norma Bailey
Select Awards
LaFlorida, Golden Reel Award for highest grossing film, Canada.
Doomstown, Gemini Award, Best Television Movie.
The Sheldon Kennedy Story, Banff International Festival Best Movie.
Current Productions
Sarrazin and Couture’s La Florida, adapted for the stage, will premiere in Quebec in 2026. Production by Just For Laughs.
Series pilots represented by Creative Artists Agency:
Fool Me Twice, writer Suzette Couture, producer Pierre Sarrazin
Four Queens, writer Suzette Couture, producer Pierre Sarrazin
Pierre Sarrazin
Journalist and documentary filmmaker, Pierre Sarrazin transitioned to films and television series that reflect his interest in politics and media.
His first film, the comedy La Florida, won the Golden Reel Award for highest box office in Canada and has delighted audiences for years, a movie that never goes out of circulation.
His television series The City, a three-season drama about a city and its conflicting forces, wealth and poverty, was produced for the CTV network and distributed internationally by Fremantle.
He has produced seven films for television focusing on issues such as gun violence and child predators, winning Best Television Movie for Doomstown directed by Sudz Sutherland.
As an independent film producer with extensive experience in Canada he brings a wealth of knowledge about the current system of funding and distribution in Canada.
Suzette Couture
Suzette Couture is recognized as one of Canada’s finest screenwriters. Her work has aired in the US and internationally to great acclaim.
In the US she was awarded the prestigious Humanitas Prize for her series Haven which aired on CBS. Her CBS series Jesus was nominated for an Emmy.
In Canada she has been awarded five Gemini Awards, a Writers Guild of Canada Award and a Canadian Screen Award for her screenplays.
Many of her projects have featured stories dealing with issues of social justice including the series Conspiracy of Silence about the murder of a young, Indigenous woman, and the television movie Doomstown, about gun violence, for which she won a Gemini Award Best Movie as producer.
Her first feature film, the French-language comedy La Florida, won the Golden Reel Award for highest Canadian box office.
Selected credits:
Acceptance, television movie for Lifetime. Starring Joan Cusack. “…a surprisingly funny let’s-capture-the-zeitgeist television movie...” – The New York Times
The Last Templar, four hour television series for NBC. Starring Mira Sorvino.
The Mermaid Chair, television movie for Lifetime, based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd, starring Kim Basinger.
The Book of Ruth, television movie for CBS, based on the novel by Jane Hamilton, starring Christine Lahti.
Million Dollar Babies, four hour series directed by Christian Dugay starring Beau Bridges. CBC/NBC
Conspiracy of Silence, four hour series directed by Francis Mankiewicz, CBC/NBC
Love and Hate, four hour limited series directed by Francis Mankiewicz, CBC/NBC
She is currently in development on series pilots represented by Creative Artists Agency: Fool Me Twice, Four Queens, Southern Gothic (with co-writer Deborah Nathan)
Ms. Couture is a member of the Founders Council, Canadian Film Centre
Representation
Bruce Vinokour, Creative Artists Agency
+1 (424) 288-2000
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