Denis Marleau (born October 14, 1954) is a Canadian director living in Quebec. He was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and trained as an actor at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal. He then spent two years in Europe, interning in corporal mime and working at the Mandragore Theatre. Marleau returned to Quebec and founded the Théâtre de la Nouvelle Lune with several other actors. In 1981, he presented Coeur à gaz et autres textes Dada at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. In 1982, he founded Le Théâtre Ubu with Anne-Marie Rocher and Denis Leclerc; Marleau was the company's artistic director and resident stage director. During the 1980s, he presented several collage works based on European avant-garde texts, including Merz Opéra and Oulipo Show. During the 1990s, he produce