Career
He plays synthesizer with the Canadian indie popular supergroup The New Pornographers. His videos for The New Pornographers have been critically well received. Thurier has written and directed feature films which have been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), South by Southwest Film Festival, Slamdance and other festivals.
Thurier served as a 2011 panelist for the TIFF. Thurier considers filmmaking his main creative outlet, while treating music as a job.
He plays synthesizer with the Canadian indie popular supergroup The New Pornographers. Thurier has directed three of the band"s videos "Use lieutenant", "All Foreign Swinging You Around" and "The Laws Have Changed".