 He is from Hull (Gatineau), Quebec, and studied film at the University of Montreal and arts management at York University.With McCraw, Déry specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada".Their films "Incendies" (2010) and "Monsieur Lazhar" (2011) both won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture, and both were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.