Aaron Chan is a screenwriter, film director, film editor, cinematographer and film score composer.- Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Stay
- Aaron Houston is an actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.
- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Two Theories, One Stone, Sunflower Hour
- Aaron James Sorensen (born June 6, 1966) is a Canadian musician, writer, producer, and film director living in Calgary, Alberta. He has written, produced and directed several films and a mini-series. He is the front man for the alt-country band Aaron James & the Cultivators.
- Birthplace: Peace River, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America, England
- Films Directed: Hank Williams First Nation
Aaron Kim Johnston
Aaron Kim Johnston is a screenwriter, film director and film producer.- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: For the Moment
- Aaron Seltzer could have followed in his family's shoe business if fate had not intervened. While attending college at the University of Santa Barbara, he met his writing partner Jason Friedberg, and they went on to launch a number of comedy spoofs, including the immensely popular and profitable "Scary Movie" series. Born on January 12, 1974 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Seltzer came from a family of shoe salesmen, and his future partner in comedy, Jason Friedberg, had family in the movie business, namely his father, Rick Friedberg, a director and producer. But neither of the friends initially wanted to go into the entertainment biz until their last year at the University of California Santa Barbara, where they were inspired by a film class on the work of Martin Scorsese. Seltzer and Friedberg wrote screenplays at night while working day gigs to pay for their schooling, and Friedberg's father liked a script they wrote, the broad espionage spoof "Spy Hard." Leslie Nielsen, whom Rick Friedberg had previously worked with, liked it as well, and it became a film in 1996. The team kept writing, and one spoof they wrote, "Scream If You Know What I Did Last Summer," eventually turned into "Scary Movie" (2000), the first film in what quickly became a vastly profitable comedy franchise. After growing tired of their projects languishing in development, the Seltzer / Friedberg team decided to direct their own films, with the help of their long time producer Peter Safran. Once they got into the director's chair, the comedies came at a fast pace, including "Date Movie" (2006), "Epic Movie" (2007), "Meet the Spartans" (2007), "Vampires Suck" (2010), "Best Night Ever" (2010), "Hunger Games" spoof "The Starving Games" (2013), and "Fast and Furious" parody "Superfast" (2014).
- Birthplace: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, Vampires Suck, Date Movie, Epic Movie
- Aaron Woodley is a film and television director, screenwriter, and film editor.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Rhinoceros Eyes, Toronto Stories, Tennessee, The Wager, The Entitled
- Adam Brooks is a writer, director, actor, and producer who is known for writing "Beloved," "Mozart in the Jungle," and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason."
- Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Invisible Circus, Almost You, Definitely, Maybe, Red Riding Hood
- Adam Greydon Reid is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer who appeared in "Kids in the Hall Brain Candy," "My Date With the President's Daughter," and "Underworld: Awakening."
- Birthplace: Nepean, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Hello Lonesome
- Adam Smoluk (born June 17, 1980) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, actor, and community leader. His work in media productions often explores themes of alienation and isolation. He has cited Jim Thompson, James M. Cain and Eugene O'Neill as influences.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Foodland
- Aden Young (born November 30, 1971) is a Canadian-Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Daniel Holden in the SundanceTV drama Rectify, for which he was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, Australia
Adrien Lorion
Age: 52Adrien Lorion is an art director and film writer.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Alfred Ernest Christie (23 October 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- Birthplace: London, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: An Elephant on His Hands, Charley's Aunt, A Roman Scandal, Half a Sinner, Almost a Rescue
- Destined to become one of Canada's leading actors, Al Waxman was inspired after seeing "The Jolson Story" at age nine. He went on to study acting at the University of Western Ontario, the Neighborhood Playhouse under Lee Strasberg, and the London School of Film Technique. By the '60s, he was landing roles on Canadian television. He would go on to earn credits as a writer, director and producer, but was undoubtedly best known as a actor. In 1975, Waxman became a household name in Canada as the lead on the popular sitcom "King of Kensington." He broke through to American audiences in the '80s, as Lieutenant Samuels on the crime drama "Cagney & Lacey." The show was critically lauded and ran for seven seasons. Waxman's portrayal as the gruff cop with a heart of gold earned him fame, acclaim, and the rank of honorary lieutenant, awarded by the New York City Police Department in 1986. In a career spanning 41 years, Waxman made 83 appearances in television and film, and accrued many accolades. Also a noted philanthropist, he's been awarded a number of honors in his homeland including the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, the B'nai Brith of Canada Humanitarian Award, and the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement in Canadian television. After his death during surgery, a statue of his likeness was erected in his honor at Kensington Market, the locale of his first hit show.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Diamond Fleece, Tulips, White Light
Alain Chartrand
Age: 79Alain Chartrand is a film and TV director.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Une vie comme rivière
Alain Desrochers
Alain Desrochers is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Desrochers studied first at St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College in the early 1980s and then at Concordia University earning himself a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the end of the decade. He began his career by directing music videos and television commercials. He got his big break directing several episodes of the TV series The Hunger. His first feature film La Bouteille (2000) earned him a nomination for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction. His second feature, the action film Nitro, was very successful at the Quebec box office and beat out several American blockbusters in its opening weekend.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Gerry, The Bottle, Nitro, Tribute to Cinema, Wushu Warrior
- Alain Dostie (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His work includes Silk, The Red Violin and The Confessional. He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work in Silk.
- Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
Alan Bunce
Alan Coe Bunce (June 28, 1900 – April 27, 1965) was an American radio and television actor. Bunce was best remembered for playing the role of Albert Arbuckle alongside Peg Lynch on the sitcom Ethel and Albert from 1944-50 on radio and from 1953-1956 on television. Bunce was also remembered as the first actor to portray physician Jerry Malone on radio's Young Doctor Malone in the early 1940s.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Babar: The Movie, The Wild Puffalumps
Alan Gibson
Dec. at 49 (1938-1987)Alan Gibson (April 28, 1938, London, Ontario, Canada – July 5, 1987, London, UK) was a Canadian director active in British film and television. Particularly notable in his early years for his work in horror, cinematic films directed by him include Journey to Midnight (1968), Crescendo (1970), Dracula A.D. 1972, The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974), Checkered Flag or Crash (1977), Witness for the Prosecution (1982) and A Woman Called Golda (1982) starring Ingrid Bergman. His television work includes Eh Joe (1965), The Capone Investment (1974), Churchill and the Generals (1979) and The Charmer (1987). Alan Gibson came up with the idea for The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), a Play for Today he co-wrote with Jeremy Paul and directed. As a child he had overheard his family discussing a recent UFO report and thought to himself: "Since there had been sightings of flying saucers recorded throughout history, it occurred to me that they were man-made machines, time machines from the future". The two men collaborated again on its sequel Another Flip for Dominick (1982). "The Flipside of Dominick" Hide attained viewing figures of 5.3 million and a reaction index of 75 - compared to an average Play for Today score of 59. The Radio Times letter editor claimed that "No other single new BBC TV play in 1980 attracted so much correspondence" - highlighting the public's affection for the show.- Birthplace: London, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Dracula A.D.1972, Checkered Flag or Crash, Goodbye Gemini, Churchill and the Generals, The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Alan Zweig
Alan Zweig is a Toronto documentary filmmaker known for often using film to explore his own life. In his 2000 film Vinyl, Zweig explores what drives people to become record collectors. Zweig spends a large portion of the film exploring his own life in regard to record collecting, feeling it has prevented him from fulfilling his dreams of a family.I, Curmudgeon is a 2004 film about self-declared curmudgeons, himself included, which received a Silver Hugo at the 2005 Chicago International Film Festival. The film was shot on a camcorder, with Zweig using a mirror to record his own experiences.Lovable is a 2007 film about our preoccupation with finding romantic perfection. In 2009, Zweig moved from autobiographical subject matter to explore the struggle of ex-convicts to lead normal lives in A Hard Name, which received the Genie Award for best documentary.His 2013 film When Jews Were Funny, an exploration of the role of Jewish comedians in North American comedy and humour, won the prize for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Again, he uses most of the movie exploring his own position as a Jew married to a non-Jewish woman and a new father. Hurt, his documentary film about Steve Fonyo, was released in 2015. It won the Platform Prize at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.His film There Is a House Here, premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and Coppers is slated to premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Stealing Images, The Boys, Lovable, Vinyl, Trip Sheet
- Alanis Morissette, a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress, has been a significant figure in the alternative rock scene since the mid-1990s. Born on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada, she began her career as a pop artist in her home country before evolving into an influential alternative rock icon. Her musical journey is marked by introspective lyrics and expressive vocals, creating a unique sound that resonates with listeners worldwide. Morissette's breakthrough came in 1995 when she released the album Jagged Little Pill, which was a departure from her earlier pop sound. This album, produced by Glen Ballard, was a raw exploration of her life experiences and quickly garnered global attention. It sold over 33 million copies worldwide and won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. The album's most notable singles, "You Oughta Know," "Hand in My Pocket," and "Ironic," secured Morissette's position as a voice of her generation. Aside from her successful music career, Morissette has also ventured into acting. She made her debut in the 1993 Nickelodeon series You Can't Do That on Television and later appeared in popular shows like Sex and the City and Weeds. In addition to her acting roles, she has dedicated her time to activism, focusing on issues such as mental health and female empowerment. Throughout her career, Alanis Morissette has continually evolved, proving her versatility as an artist and establishing her legacy in the world of music and beyond.
- Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Alanis Morissette: Feast on Scraps, Jagged Little Pill, Live
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- Alanis Obomsawin worked on a variety of projects during her entertainment career. Obomsawin began her entertainment career directing independent films, including early work on "Incident at Restigouche" (1984), "Richard Cardinal: Cry From a Diary of a Metis Child" (1986) and "No Address" (1989). In the nineties and the early 2000s, Obomsawin devoted her time to various credits, such as "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance" (1993), "Kanehsatake" (1994) and "Rocks At Whiskey Trench" (2000). Recently, Obomsawin directed "Our Nationhood" (2003) and "Waban-Aki: People from Where the Sun Rises" (2006). In addition to her directing, Obomsawin also appeared on-screen in the documentary "Manufacturing Dissent" (2007) with Michael Moore. Most recently, Obomsawin appeared on "Hi-Ho Mistahey!" (2013).
- Birthplace: Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Is the Crown at War with Us?, Rocks at Whiskey Trench, Gene Boy Came Home, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Incident at Restigouche
- Albert M. Chan (born October 1, 1975) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker based in the United States.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
Albert Nerenberg
Age: 62Albert Nerenberg (born October 13, 1962) is a Canadian independent filmmaker, actor, journalist, hypnotist and laughologist. His films include Stupidity (2003), Escape to Canada (2005), Let's All Hate Toronto (2007), Laughology (2009), Boredom (2012) and You Are What You Act (2018). Both Stupidity and Laughology are the first feature-length documentaries to discuss the topics of stupidity and laughter.- Birthplace: London, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Let's All Hate Toronto, Laughology, Stupidity, Escape to Canada
Albert Tessier
Dec. at 81 (1895-1976)Albert Tessier ((French pronunciation: [albɛʁ tɛsje]); March 6, 1895 – September 13, 1976) was a French-speaking Canadian priest, historian and a film maker. He was born on in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie.- Birthplace: Canada
- Nationality: Canada
Alex Chapple
Alex Chapple is a Canadian director and writer.- Birthplace: Dundas, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Diverted, The Passion of John Ruskin, Torso, Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story, Mafia Doctor
- Alex Chu is an actor, screenwriter, film director and producer.
- Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks
- Alex Epstein is a screenwriter and television and film producer.
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: You Are So Undead
Alexander Carson
Age: 42Alexander Carson is a film producer, editor and director, screenwriter, actor, cinematographer and film score composer.- Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Braids
- Alexander Keewatin Dewdney (born August 5, 1941) is a Canadian mathematician, computer scientist, author, filmmaker, and conspiracy theorist. Dewdney is the son of Canadian artist and author Selwyn Dewdney, and brother of poet Christopher Dewdney. He was born in London, Ontario.
- Birthplace: London, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Wildwood Flower
Alexander Schure
Dec. at 89 (1920-2009)Alexander Schure (August 3, 1920 - October 29, 2009) was an American academic and entrepreneur. Schure founded the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in 1955. He also served as the Chancellor of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) from 1970 until 1985. Schure is credited with saving Nova University, which was in deep financial trouble, after he became the school's chancellor in 1970. The university is now called Nova Southeastern University, and is now the largest private university in Florida, with more than 28,000 students as of 2009.Schure and then-Nova University President Abraham Fischler, Ed.D., formed a federation between Nova and the New York Institute of Technology. The partnership between the two institutions brought money and new programs to Nova University. The money from NYIT allowed Nova University to remain open during its financial difficulties. The alliance between NYIT and Nova University ended in 1985.In November 1974 Schure hired recent University of Utah doctoral graduate Edwin Catmull to direct NYIT's fledgling computer graphics lab, and ensured that the lab received special funding for more than 5 years. Schure was an early champion of computer animation; in 1979 Catmull left to form a computer-graphics group with Lucasfilm and the core technical team- including computer animation pioneers Alvy Ray Smith, David DiFrancesco, Ralph Guggenheim, Jim Blinn, and Jim Clark- came from the NYIT lab. (In 1986, that computer-graphics group would be funded by recently fired Steve Jobs as the independent company Pixar which manufactured and sold image-processing computers using the concepts first developed at NYIT, and also produced projects using them.) Although Clark would move on to found Silicon Graphics and Netscape, the rest of the NYIT team continued to play key roles as Pixar's animation developed from its first short films in the mid-1980s onward. It can be said that Dr. Schure's vision and support from 1975 to 1980, and the low-pressure academic research lab environment at NYIT, was an essential contributor to the development of many of the technical innovations needed to produce realistic computer generated films. He funded the computers and frame buffers used in the making of the unfinished computer-generated film "The Works (film)". It was also during this time that Schure directed the animated movie Tubby the Tuba (1975 film). Alexander Schure died from complications of Alzheimer's Disease on Long Island on October 29, 2009, at the age of 89. He was survived by his second wife, Gail; and four children - Dr. Barbara Schure Weinschel, Dr. Matthew Schure, Dr. Jonathan Schure, and Mr. Louis Schure. Following his death, former NSU president Fischler said Schure "was a brilliant individual with a very creative mind. He was an excellent friend to me and the university. There would be no NSU without him."He received doctoral degrees in engineering and education from New York University.- Birthplace: Hamilton, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Tubby the Tuba
Alexandre Michaud
Age: 47Alexandre Michaud is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the ultra-violent independent gore film; Urban Flesh. His latest film as director was Clean starring Canadian-Italian singer Marco Calliari.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: GoreGoyles: Mutant Edition, GoreGoyles 2, Clean, Urban Flesh
- Alexandre Emmanuel "Sacha" Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian filmmaker, journalist and author of Barbarian Lost. He is the second son of Canada's former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and Margaret Trudeau, and the younger brother of Canada's current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
- Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Embedded In Baghdad, The New Great Game
Alexis Fortier Gauthier
Age: 44Alexis Fortier Gauthier is a screenwriter, film producer and film director.- Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Après tout, Snowbound
- Ali Kazimi (born 1961) is a Canadian film-maker, media artist and writer.
- Birthplace: India
- Nationality: Canada, India
- Films Directed: Narmada: A Valley Rises, Rex vs Singh, Shooting Indians: A Journey With Jeffrey Thomas
- Alison Maclean (born July 31, 1958) is a Canadian film director of music videos, short films, television (episodes of Sex and the City, The Tudors, Homicide: Life on the Street), commercials and feature films. Her works include the music video Torn (Natalie Imbruglia, 1998), the short film Kitchen Sink (1989) and the feature films Jesus' Son (1999) (starring Billy Crudup) and Crush (1992) (starring Marcia Gay Harden).
- Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Crush, Jesus' Son, Kitchen Sink, Subway Stories, Persons of Interest
- For the Scottish author and illustrator, see Alison Murray (author), and for the American biochemist and Antarctic researcher, see Alison Murray (scientist).Alison Murray is a Canadian director of films, documentaries and music videos.
- Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Carny, Mouth to Mouth, Caprichosos de San Telmo
Allan A. Goldstein
Age: 75Allan A. Goldstein is a film director, producer and screenwriter.- Birthplace: New York City, New York
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: The Snake King, Jungle Boy, Midnight Heat, Pact with the Devil, Memory Run
- Dwan's first job was as a lighting engineer for the Peter Cooper Hewitt Company, where he helped develop a forerunner of the neon tube known as the mercury vapor arc. He became intrigued by "those silly things called movies" while supervising the installation of some arcs at Essanay studios, asked about the stories the filmmakers used, and proceeded to sell them 15 he had written at college. Essanay then offered him a job as scenario editor.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Escape to Burma, The Glimpses of the Moon, Sailor's Lady, The Embezzler, French Dressing
Allan Eastman
Age: 76Haldon Darryl Allan Eastman (born July 6, 1948) is a Canadian television director and executive producer. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Eastman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1971. He then studied at the Film School of the University of Bristol where he wrote and directed his first film A Sweeter Song. He directed the feature films The War Boy (1985), Crazy Moon (1986) and Danger Zone (1996).Eastman was an executive producer for television shows including Night Man, Beastmaster and Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. He has also directed episodes for TV shows such as The Littlest Hobo, Road to Avonlea, Beachcombers, Friday the 13th: The Series, Danger Bay, Sliders, Night Man, F/X: The Series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and Degrassi: The Next Generation.Eastman's miniseries Ford: The Man and the Machine was the recipient of three Gemini Awards, including Best Miniseries, and seven other nominations, while Race for the Bomb and Champagne Charlie also earned seven Gemini nominations. Eastman also received a Golden Reel Award, as the director of Ford, and a 2001 Leo Award for Andromeda Best Dramatic Series.- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Champagne Charlie, Danger Zone, Crazy Moon, Ford: The Man and the Machine
- Allan F. Nicholls (born April 8, 1945) is a Canadian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, composer and musician. He was nominated for both a BAFTA and WGA award for his writing on the 1978 film A Wedding. He is often credited as Allan Nicholls. Allan was lead vocalist in the mid-60s with recording acts J.B. & The Playboys (RCA), who later became The Jaybees (on RCA) then Carnival Connection (Capitol). After playing Claude in the musical "Hair" he returned to Montreal to briefly sing lead vocals with Mashmakhan before releasing a number of solo recordings (with some charting in Canada) before delving into a career with the movie industry. A "J.B. & The Playboys – Anthology" CD was released by Super Oldies in 2005. He is probably most well known to the general public for his role as team captain Johnny Upton in the movie Slap Shot.
- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: I Am a Hotel
- Allan King was a Canadian director, producer, and actor who was known for directing "Warrendale" and "Avonlea." King won a National Society of Film Critics Award in 1969 for the first project.
- Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Silence of the North, Come on Children, Termini Station, Who Has Seen the Wind, Memory for Max
- Allan Kroeker (born April 10, 1951 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian film and television director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor and film producer. He has the distinction of directing the series finales for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. He has also directed several Chuck episodes from 2007 to 2009.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Age Old Friends, Hostile Advances, The Hunt for the I-5 Killer, L5: First City in Space
- Allan Moyle (born 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a Canadian film director. He is best known for directing the films Pump Up the Volume (1990) and Empire Records (1995).
- Birthplace: Shawinigan, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Times Square, The Rubber Gun, Jailbait!, New Waterford Girl, XChange
Allan Ungar
Age: 36Allan Ungar is a director, writer, and producer who is known for directing "Bandit," "Tapped," and "Gridlocked."- Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Tapped
Alma Duncan
Dec. at 87 (1917-2004)Alma Mary Duncan (October 2, 1917 – December 15, 2004) was a Canadian painter, graphic artist, and filmmaker from Paris, Ontario. A prolific artist working in a variety of mediums including charcoal, chalk pastel, ink, watercolour, oil paint, puppetry, and film, Duncan's style evolved drastically over the course of her career to include portraiture, precise representational drawings, machine aesthetic, and abstraction.- Birthplace: Paris, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Alvin Rakoff (born February 18, 1927) is a Canadian television, stage, and film director who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions. Among other awards, he is twice winner of the International Emmy Award, for A Voyage Round My Father, starring Laurence Olivier, and Call Me Daddy, starring Donald Pleasence.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Comedy Man, Romeo and Juliet, Death Ship, Passport to Shame, Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
Amanda Forbis
Age: 62Amanda Forbis is an animator, film director and screenwriter.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Wild Life, When the Day Breaks
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Age: 46Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette is a Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter from Quebec. The daughter of documentary filmmaker Manon Barbeau and cinematographer Philippe Lavalette and the granddaughter of artist Marcel Barbeau, she is best known to international audiences for her award-winning 2012 film Inch'Allah. Originally prominent as a child actor, her credits included the series Le Club des 100 Watts and À nous deux!. She later began making documentary films, including Les Petits princes des bidonvilles, Buenos Aires, no llores and Si j’avais un chapeau, before releasing her first feature film, The Ring, in 2007. She later made the documentary films Les petits géants and Se souvenir des cendres before releasing Inch'Allah. Se souvenir des cendres, a documentary about the making of Denis Villeneuve's 2010 film Incendies, won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Cultural Documentary in 2011. She also published Je voudrais qu'on m'efface in 2010, a novel which revolves around some of the same characters as The Ring.- Birthplace: Québec, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: St-Henri, The 26th of August, Ina Litovski, Inch' Allah
- Anais Granofsky (born May 14, 1973) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Lucy Fernandez in the Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High series.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Re-Generation, On Their Knees
Anand Ramayya
Age: 52Anand Ramayya is a film producer, television producer, film director, television director and screenwriter.- Birthplace: Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Mad Cow Sacred Cow
André Brassard
Age: 78André Brassard (born 28 August 1946) is a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of Michel Tremblay's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center from 1982 to 1989 and the National Theatre School from 1992 to 2000. His 1974 film Once Upon a Time in the East was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His 1977 film Le soleil se lève en retard was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Brassard received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his lifetime contributions to Canadian theatre in 2002.He is openly gay.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Once Upon a Time in the East
André Corriveau
André Corriveau (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe kɔʁivo]) is a film editor and director from Quebec, Canada. Corriveau won the Gemini Awards once (1994), and the Genie Award twice (1981 and 1985). In addition to the wins, he has one nomination to the Gemini Awards, six nominations to the Genie Awards, and one nomination to the Jutra Awards. His editing credits include the 2004 documentary My Son Shall Be Armenian.- Birthplace: Canada
- Nationality: Canada
André Forcier
Age: 77André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in Bar Salon, Au clair de la lune, Une Historie inventée, Le Vent du Wyoming and The Countess of Baton Rouge, blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary.He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Au Clair de la Lune, La Comtesse de Baton Rouge, Je me souviens, Une histoire inventée, Coteau Rouge
André Turpin
Age: 59André Turpin is a screenwriter, cinematographer and film director.- Birthplace: Québec, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Zigrail, Cosmos, Soft Shell Man, Ina Litovski
- Cloud Ten Pictures is a film production and distribution company located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada that specialized in producing "end times" Christian films.
- Birthplace: Lusaka, Zambia
- Nationality: Canada, Zambia
- Films Directed: Startling Proofs, Revelation, Vanished, Last Days: Hype or Hope?, 2012: Prophecy or Panic
- André-Line Beauparlant is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) at the 28th Genie Awards and for Happy Camper (Camping sauvage), The Negro (Le nèg') and The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) at the 25th Genie Awards. In 2002, she was nominated for three Jutra Awards for Best Art Direction for La Femme qui boit and Marriages (Mariages) and for Best Documentary for Trois Princesses pour Roland. She is an alumna of the University of Montreal and a 1993 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. In 2018, she received a nomination for Best Art Direction at the Prix Iris for Infiltration.
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Panache
Andrea Dorfman
Age: 56Andrea Dorfman is a film and television director, film producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Flawed, Love That Boy, Art, Big Mouth, The Equality Effect
- Andrea Mann is a Canadian actress, film and television producer, film director and screenwriter. She works at Amaze Film and Television and lives in London, UK.
- Nationality: Canada
- Andrée Champagne, (born July 17, 1939) is a Canadian actress, pianist and politician. Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Champagne was an accomplished performer and personality in her home province. In the 1960s, she became well known on television playing "Donalda" in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut. After the series ended in 1970, she opened her own casting agency. She remained active as a performer, but also became involved in cultural issues, serving on the board of directors of l'Institut québécois du cinéma and on the executive of l'Union des artistes in the early 1980s. She also helped create Le Chez Nous des Artistes, a retirement home for artists. Champagne entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 election, and was elected in the Tory landslide as Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot. She was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as Minister of State for Youth. From 1986 to 1990, she served as Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House, and became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 1990. She served in that role until her electoral defeat in the 1993 general election. On August 2, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the appointment by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson of Champagne as a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada. She retired upon reaching the age of 75 on July 17, 2014.
- Birthplace: Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock 'N Roll Musical
- Andrew Currie may refer to: Andrew Currie (sculptor) (1813–1891), Scottish Andrew Currie (businessman) (born 1955), British businessman Andrew Currie (director) (born 1973), Canadian film director and screenwriter Andrew Currie, a Canadian football player and coach with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Birthplace: England
- Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom
- Films Directed: Fido, Mile Zero, Sleep Murder
Andrew Cymek
Age: 46Andrew Cymek is the owner and creative force behind Defiant Empire and the creator of the Dark Rising projects. His extensive knowledge in writing, directing, editing and graphics have made him a one-man operation in all creative aspects.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Dark Rising, Medium Raw
- Andrew C. Erin is an American film maker, he was born on May 29, 1973. He is best known for his film Sam's Lake, starring Sandrine Holt. Sam's Lake is a thriller/horror film released in 2006. He is currently working on a movie called Simple Things. Sam's Lake marks Andrew C. Erin's feature debut following six years of writing, directing, and producing Canadian TV pilots, series, and short films. Following Sam's Lake, which was produced by Mirovision/Maverick Films, Erin wrote and directed his second feature, Simple Things, a drama set in North Carolina. In 2008 he co-wrote and directed Toxic Skies.
- Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Final Sale, Tornado Valley, Sam's Lake, From Darkness, Country Remedy
Andrew Hull
Dec. at 46 (1963-2010)Andrew Mackenzie Hull was a Canadian born film maker, film director and architect. He was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, and died in London, England.- Birthplace: Oshawa, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Squeezebox, Siren
- Andrew Kaufman (born 1968 at Wingham, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, film director, and radio producer.
- Birthplace: Wingham, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Andrew Kenneth Martin is a Canadian born actor, director, photographer, cinematographer and visual artist. A native of Waterloo, Ontario, he is perhaps best known for appearing in the series Train 48 (2003-2005) as Charles Lucas West-Matheson (Lucas West).
- Birthplace: Guelph, Waterloo, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Internet Rising
- Andrew Paquin is a film producer.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Open House
- Andrew Jordan Jones (born January 15, 1948) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and a former member of CODCO.
- Birthplace: St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Final Flight of the Osiris, The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, The Animatrix
Andy Keen
Age: 56Andrew "Andy" John David Keen is a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose films include Bobcaygeon starring The Tragically Hip (2012), Escarpment Blues starring Sarah Harmer, and the documentary Seven Painters Seven Places (1999). He was a director of photography on "Know Your Mushrooms" (2009), directed by Ron Mann. Keen has worked as director and cameraman on numerous television commercials and music videos, and in 2010 he was honoured with a Webby Award in the category of Activism for a series of online videos he produced for The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation. Bobcaygeon is a feature film about Canadian rock giants The Tragically Hip and their riotous concert in Bobcaygeon. The film had its World Premiere at the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) and in April 2013 won the Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year.- Birthplace: Brantford, Cambridge, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Bobcaygeon, Escarpment Blues
Andy Knight
Dec. at 46 (1962-2008)Andrew James "Andy" Knight (November 23, 1961 – April 11, 2008) was a Canadian animator, film and television director, voice actor, and creator of Ned's Newt and the Jetix series Get Ed.- Birthplace: Pembroke, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Plumber, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
- Andy Mikita is a Canadian television director and producer. He has worked in the TV and film industry for over 30 years. Mikita is best known for his work as a director and producer for Stargate SG-1, and its sister shows Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe.
- Nationality: Canada
- Ann Marie Fleming is an independent Asian-Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. She was born in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1962 and is of Chinese and Australian descent. She is also the great-granddaughter of the Chinese magician, acrobat and vaudeville performer Long Tack Sam, and is perhaps best known for the animated biographical film, The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (2003), which won Best Documentary at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Victoria Independent Film Festival. She has her own animation company, Sleepy Dog Films, and is currently working on her next animated feature film, Window Horses (2016).
- Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors, Blue Skies, Running (Heart, Body, Mind
- Ann Medina is an American Canadian television journalist and documentary producer.
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Anne Claire Poirier O.C. (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and 1970s. Her first film, the black and white surrealist fictional documentary De mère en fille (1968), critiques social codes of motherhood and investigates the psychological experience of pregnancy. The film had a significant influence on the nascenct feminist movement in Canada. De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman. Poirier's film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Mourir à tue-tête, which aboards the subject of rape, remains Poirier's best known film. Her 1974 film Les Filles du Roi explores a history of masculinity in Quebec.Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. In 1988 she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 1996, she directed the feature-length documentary Tu as crié: Let me go to understand the events that led to the murder of her daughter. Tu as crié: Let me go received numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.In 2001, Poirier received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003.
- Birthplace: Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: A Scream from Silence, Tu as crié: Let Me Go
Anne Émond
Age: 43Anne Emond is a film director, film producer, and a screenwriter.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Sophie Lavoie, Naissances, Nuit #1
- Throughout her impressive career, Anne Wheeler served as a director on a variety of great films. Wheeler started off her entertainment career directing independent films like "A War Story" (1982), the Kenneth Welsh drama "Loyalties" (1987) and the Ron White sports drama "Cowboys Don't Cry" (1988). She also appeared in the dramatic biopic "Bye Bye Blues" (1990) with Rebecca Jenkins, "Angel Square" (1991) and the Shannon Lawson drama "The War Between Us" (1996). Additionally, she directed a variety of TV movies including "Mail Order Bride" (Hallmark Channel, 2008-09) and "Living Out Loud" (Hallmark Channel, 2008-09). Wheeler most recently directed "Strange Empire: Rise of the Women" (Lifetime Movie Network, 2014-15).
- Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Edge of Madness, Knockout, Mom, Dad and Her, Living Out Loud
- A fearless actress, Anne-Marie Cadieux earned critical acclaim and multiple awards for her willingness to give her all to the characters she played. Born Sept. 23, 1963 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Anne-Marie Cadieux earned her dramatic training at the University of Ottawa before cutting her professional teeth in theatrical productions, including an acclaimed stint at the Centre national des Arts. After spending a year studying under American photographer Nan Goldin, Cadieux returned to Canada, where her collaborations with Brigitte Haentjens and Robert Lepage helped boost her theatrical and film career to the next level. Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Genie for "Le confessionnal" (1995), Cadieux won a Best Supporting Actress Jutra for her turn as a carping sister in "Le coeur au poing" (1998) and scored a Best Actress Genie nomination as a conflicted thespian caught up in terrorist activities in "Nô" (1998). She continued to impress with small roles in films, such as "Séraphin: un homme et son péché" (2002) and her Jutra-nominated performance in "Maman Last Call" (2005), as well as on television, where she won a Best Supporting Actress Gémeaux Award for an unusual double role on the quirky sitcom "Cover Girl" (Radio-Canada, 2005). Essaying a woman who abandons her family for a lover, Cadieux was nominated for another Best Actress Genie for "Toi" (2007) and went on to book a supporting role in "The Trotsky" (2009) before recurring on the medical drama "Trauma" (Radio-Canada, 2010- ).
- Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
Annie Bradley
Annie Bradley is a film director.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Pudge
Anthony Seck
Anthony Seck is a musician, cinematographer, film producer and director.- Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom
- Films Directed: Look At What The Light Did Now
- April Mullen is a film director,actress and producer.
- Birthplace: Canada, Niagara Falls
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Dead Before Dawn 3D, GravyTrain
- Aristomenis Tsirbas is a Greek-Canadian film director, producer, writer, animator and visual effects animator. He directed the award-winning short films The Freak and Terra which was adapted into the 2007 feature film of the same name produced by MeniThings Productions and Snoot Entertainment. He is currently in development on his second feature film. Aristomenis (Meni) Tsirbas has been directing film and TV for over 15 years and works in both live action and animation. He also has 20 years experience as a visual effects supervisor and digital artist.
- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Battle for Terra, The Freak, Exoids
- Armand Schaefer was a director and producer who was known for directing "The Three Musketeers," "Sagebrush Trail," and "Terror Trail."
- Birthplace: Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Sagebrush Trail, 16 Fathoms Deep, Exiled to Shanghai, Desert Command, The Lightning Warrior
Arna Selznick
Arna Selznick is a Canadian director and artist, known for directing Nelvana's 1985 animated film The Care Bears Movie. Arna owns and operates a studio called Dancingmonkeys with her husband/partner John van Bruggen.- Birthplace: Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Care Bears Movie, Back to School with Franklin, Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name
- Arnie Zipursky is a film and television producer.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: My Opposition: the Diaries of Friedrich Kellner
- Art Hindle is the nephew of the actor Michael Kane. Inspired by his uncle, Hindle performed in local theater as a teenager, before ultimately taking a job as a stockbroker. However, brokering proved unsatisfying, so he quit to pursue acting professionally. He took a workshop with Eli Rill, where he learned about method acting, and took the skills to numerous auditions, often for television commercials. In 1971, Hindle booked his first film role, in "The Proud Rider," a motorcycle drama hoping to capitalize on the popularity of "Easy Rider." The producers were excited about their new star, though they entreated Hindle to choose a name that would better suit the matinee idol they hoped he'd become. He chose "Jeremy Kane" based on the suggestions of some surveyed schoolgirls and his inspiration, Uncle Michael. However, when Hindle told his uncle about his new moniker, Kane told him bluntly to keep his own name. Though credited as "Jeremy Kane" on "The Proud Rider," Hindle returned to his birth name immediately thereafter. Next he starred in "Winter Comes Early" (also known as "Face-Off"), a hockey drama that holds the distinction of being the first Canadian film production to have a budget that exceeded the million dollar mark. Shortly after this, Hindle followed work to Los Angeles, where he went on to build a career that has already included over 110 appearances in television and film including work on the Canadian television drama "Paradise Falls " as an actor and a director.
- Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Arthur Edward Spence Hill (August 1, 1922 – October 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theatre, films, and television. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington.
- Birthplace: Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- Canadian-born director Arthur Hiller began in radio and, after a brief stint helming TV episodes in his homeland, moved to the USA where he quickly established himself directing both live and film series like "Playhouse 90" (CBS 1956-1960) "Gunsmoke" (CBS 1955-1975) and "Naked City" (ABC 1958-1963), for which he received a 1962 Emmy nomination. He made an auspicious feature debut at the helm of the teen flick "The Careless Years" (1957), starring Dean Stockwell, but did not return to the big screen until 1963 with "Miracle of the White Stallions" and "The Wheeler Dealers." Although he worked in a variety of genres, from the dramatic "The Man in the Glass Booth" (1974) to the romantic "Love Story" (1970), Hiller showed his greatest facility with light comedy, working well with writers like Neil Simon ("The Out-of-Towners" 1970, "Plaza Suite" 1971), Andrew Bergman ("The In-Laws" 1979), Israel Horowitz ("Author! Author!" 1982) and Leslie Dixon ("Outrageous Fortune" 1987). However, two of his most acclaimed movies, "The Americanization of Emily" (1964) and the bleak satire "The Hospital" (1971), both scripted by Paddy Chayefsky, were notably dark films. No Hiller film did better at the box office than "Love Story," which was disparaged by many critics as sentimental and cloying, much as Erich Segal's best-selling novel had been. Hiller's late career was hampered by box-office duds like the gay-themed romantic drama "Making Love" (1982) and the Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor comedy "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" (1989). In an unfortunate case of life imitating art, Hiller and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas clashed during the filming of their film industry satire "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn" (1997), leading the director to demand his name be taken off the final film, which was released to critical derision and commercial failure under the directorial pseudonym Alan Smithee. Hiller only directed one more film, the quickly forgotten comedy "National Lampoon's Pucked" (2006), starring rock icon Jon Bon Jovi. In addition to his work as a director, Hiller served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. Arthur Hiller died of undisclosed natural causes in Los Angeles on August 17, 2016 at the age of 92.
- Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Careless Years, Miracle of the White Stallions, The Babe, Carpool, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
- Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka. Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation. In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known, and it has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970.Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in Balablok, where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue. In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006. Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in 2012.
- Birthplace: Sušice, Czech Republic
- Nationality: Czech Republic
- Films Directed: On a Cat's Word, Fimfárum 2, Booom, Balablok, The Dogs Fiddles
- Arthur Lamothe is a film producer, director and screenwriter.
- Birthplace: Saint-Mont, France
- Nationality: Canada, France
- Films Directed: Mémoire battante
- Arthur Lipsett (May 13, 1936 – May 1, 1986) was a Canadian avant-garde director of short collage films. Born in Montreal into a Jewish family, Lipsett saw his mother, an immigrant from Kiev, commit suicide when he was 10 years of age. His father remarried without consulting Arthur and his daughter, Marian. Despite his difficult past, Lipsett excelled as a student at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, where his mentor, Arthur Lismer, recommended him to the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Lipsett joined the NFB in 1958 as an editor.Lipsett's particular passion was sound. He collected pieces of sound from a variety of sources and fit them together to create an interesting auditory sensation. After playing one of these creations to friends, they suggested that Lipsett combine images with the sound collage. The result is a 7-minute-long film Very Nice, Very Nice which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects in 1962. Despite not winning the Oscar, this film brought Lipsett considerable praise from critics and directors. Stanley Kubrick was one of Lipsett's fans, writing him to say that the film was "the most imaginative and brilliant uses of the movie screen and soundtrack that I have ever seen." Kubrick also asked him to create a trailer for his upcoming movie Dr. Strangelove. Lipsett declined Kubrick's offer. Kubrick went on to direct the trailer himself; however, Lipsett's influence on Kubrick is clearly visible in the released trailer.In 1965, Lipsett completed A Trip Down Memory Lane, utilizing newsreel footage from over a fifty-year period, and intended as a kind of cinematic time capsule.Lipsett's success allowed him some freedom at the NFB, but as his films became more bizarre, this freedom quickly disappeared. In his later years, he suffered from psychological problems that progressed in severity. Lipsett committed suicide in 1986, two weeks before his 50th birthday.
- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Very Nice, Very Nice, A Trip Down Memory Lane, 21-87
- Asghar Massombagi is a film director who was born and raised in Tehran. He immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with two majors in film and computer sciences. He has produced three short films, Feel Like Chicken Tonight, The Miracle and Rose. He has won four awards and one nomination. He is most noted for the successful film Khaled which won two awards.
- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
- Nationality: Canada, Iran
- Films Directed: Khaled
- Astra Taylor (born September 30, 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and musician. She is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation, for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: Examined Life, Zizek!
- A stylish and highly assured filmmaker, Egyptian-born Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan produced work that combined self-reflexive meditations on the nature of film and video, examinations of psycho-sexual behavior and a black, ironic sense of humor. Often ruminating on the themes of fractured families, voyeurism, obsession and technology, Egoyan emerged in the mid-1980s as a director to watch with early films like "Next of Kin" (1984), "Family Viewing" (1987) and "Speaking Parts" (1989). He made a big splash with the highly-charged erotic drama, "Exotica" (1994), which was a favorite at the Cannes Film Festival before earning an art house release in the United States. But it was his exemplary drama "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997) that earned him some of the greatest acclaim of his career, as well as two nominations at the Academy Awards. From there, he earned wider attention for "Felicity's Journey" (1999), "Ararat" (2002) and the Palme d'Or-winning "Where the Truth Lies" (2005). Egoyan remained one of the most challenging and talked-about directors on the international scene.
- Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
- Nationality: Canada, Egypt
- Films Directed: Speaking Parts, Family Viewing, Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film, Lust of a Eunuch, Montréal vu par...
Attila Luca
Attila Luca is a film director, producer and a screenwriter.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Seeds
- Aubrey M. Kennedy was a screenwriter and film director.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Masked Rider
- Avram David "Avi" Lewis (born 1968) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, former host of the Al Jazeera English show Fault Lines and former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) current-affairs programs CounterSpin and On the Map.
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Take
Ayelen Liberona
Ayelen Liberona is a film director, producer and editor, cinematographer, actress, screenwriter and production designer.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Our Protection
B. D. Benedikt
Age: 86B.D. Benedikt is a writer and film director.- Birthplace: Vinica, Varaždin County, Croatia
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Vanessa
B. P. Paquette
Age: 49Benjamin Paquette is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and academic.- Birthplace: London, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Woman of Ahhs: A Self-Portrait by Victoria Fleming, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards
Bachir Bensaddek
Bachir Bensaddek is a Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent, best known for his co-direction of 2002 Emmy Award-winning TV series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within. Born in Algeria,in the year 1972, Bensaddek came to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1992 as a student before immigrating to Canada. Bensaddek wrote a play in 2004 entitled Montréal la blanche about Algerian immigrants in Quebec. In May 2011, he released his documentary film Rap arabe, an ORBI-XXI production, covering the rap scene in three countries (Morocco, Lebanon, Syria) with a number of rappers including Malikah, Ashekman, Lil Zac and Don Bigg. It had its premiere at the 27th Festival international de cinéma Vues d'Afrique, and was rebroadcast on RDI, TV5 and Al Jazeera's Documentary channel.- Birthplace: Algeria
- Nationality: Canada
- Barbra Amesbury (born 1948) is a Canadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker, who had several Top 40 hits in Canada in the 1970s. Amesbury was the long-time partner of Canadian philanthropist Joan Chalmers until her death in 2016.Known as Bill Amesbury during her active musical career, Amesbury came out as transgender after leaving the music business.
- Birthplace: Kirkland Lake, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
Barry Avrich
Age: 61Barry Michael Avrich (born May 9, 1963) is a Canadian film director, film producer, author, marketing executive, and arts philanthropist. Avrich's film career has included critically acclaimed films about the entertainment business including The Last Mogul about film producer Lew Wasserman (2005), Glitter Palace about the Motion Picture Country Home (2005), and Guilty Pleasure about the Vanity Fair columnist and author Dominick Dunne (2004). In addition, Avrich produced the Gemini-nominated television special Caesar and Cleopatra (2009) with Christopher Plummer. Avrich also produced Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Awards (2015) as well as the Canadian Screen Awards (2016). Besides films, Avrich has authored three books and one play as well as supporting many leading cultural institutions including The Toronto International Film Festival and the Stratford Festival of Canada. Avrich was responsible for creating the world's first state of the art movie theatre in a children's hospital at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. Avrich won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008. In 2016, Avrich published his memoir, "Moguls, Monsters and Madmen."- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Quality Balls—The David Steinberg Story, Madness of Method, Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew Live on Broadway, Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman
Barry Greenwald
Barry Greenwald is a film director.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Who Get's In ?
Bashar Shbib
Age: 65Bashar Shbib is a Canadian independent film director and producer. He started making independent films in Montreal the 1980s and became one of the most prolific independent filmmakers in Canada with over 30 films to his credit. In the early 1990s, Shbib moved Los Angeles and directed his most successful films to date; Julia Has Two Lovers starring David Duchovny.- Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
- Nationality: Canada, Syria
- Films Directed: Julia Has Two Lovers, Lana in Love
Ben Addelman
Ben Addelman (born 1977) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing four documentaries: Discordia, Bombay Calling, Nollywood Babylon, and Kivalina vs. Exxon. Besides directing, he is known for work as a cinematographer, screenwriter and sound designer.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Bombay Calling, Nollywood Babylon, Kivalina V. Exxon: The Most Dangerous Litigation In America, Discordia
Ben Jones
Ben Jones is a Canadian cartoonist best known for his work as a director on the animated television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Transformers: Animated, Legion of Super Heroes, Teen Titans and Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law. He is currently supervising director at Nickelodeon Studios on Pig Goat Banana Cricket.- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Big Top Scooby-Doo!, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, Teen Titans - Season 1
Ben Sainsbury
Age: 52Ben Sainsbury (born December 17, 1972) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor, and freelance journalist.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Jail Bait
- Benjamin James Ayres (born January 19, 1977) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Zach Miller of the CTV series Saving Hope. He also recurred on the Gemini Award–winning HBO Canada series Less Than Kind for which he has nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. His first series regular role was Casper Jesperson (aka "Cancer Cowboy"), the chain-smoking sex addict who is morbidly obsessed with death, in the critically acclaimed cult hit CBC Television series jPod, based on the Douglas Coupland novel of the same title.
- Birthplace: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Scott's Land
- Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay (born September 25, 1973) is a Montreal-born artist and diarist. Since 2000 his creative gestures in video, sound and text have contemplated the history of song, the rendering of love and emotion into language, and the resurrection and manipulation of voices – sung, spoken or screamed. Early video work concentrated on critical mimicry of material from popular culture, with references to Madonna, American Idol, Tatu, Françoise Hardy and Kylie Minogue. Recent work focuses on re-examinations of seminal texts, films and video art from queer and art history, working with material by Audre Lorde, Colin Campbell, Rosa von Praunheim, and Harry Hay. Nemerofsky's work has screened in festivals and galleries across Canada, Europe and East Asia and has won prizes at the Hamburg Short Film Festival, the Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest and the Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (all in Germany), the Toronto Inside Out Film and Video Festival as well as first prize at the Globalica Media Arts Biennale in Wrocław, Poland. His work is part of numerous private collections as well as the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm. His works include an unconventional audioguide for POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, which starts by telling visitors to leave the museum, and then spins a mix of folklore, truth, and lies about Warsaw.Nemerofsky is openly gay.
- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Rosa Song, Colin Is My Real Name
Bernard Devlin
Dec. at 59 (1923-1983)Bernard Devlin (September 2, 1923 – 1983) was a Canadian film producer, script writer and director, who played an important role in the development of the National Film Board of Canada. Born in Quebec City, he studied at Loyola University. Devlin joined the Royal Navy and served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He joined the National Film Board in 1946 and became director of French production in 1953. Devlin was a director for a series of documentaries in the direct cinema style known as On the Spot (Sur le vif in French). From 1954 to 1956, he worked with Radio-Canada, helping to establish French-language television programming. Devlin returned to the National Film Board in 1959, directing French-language television programs, and was director of French production again from 1960 to 1961. In 1959 he directed his most famous film Les Brûlés. He worked mainly on English films from 1964 to 1974.- Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: A Capital Plan, Les Brûlés
Bernard Émond
Age: 74Bernard Émond (born Montreal 1951) is a Québecois and Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec. He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity. Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss. He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."Bernard Émond is married to Catherine Martin, also a Quebec film director. They live in Montreal.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Le Temps et le lieu, 20h17 rue Darling, The Legacy, Contre toute espérance, All That You Possess
Beverly Shaffer
Age: 79Beverly Shaffer is a filmmaker in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Shaffer spent the bulk of her professional career with the National Film Board of Canada(NFB), directing short documentaries and dramas. Her documentary I'll Find a Way, about a young girl with spina bifida, won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Children of Jerusalem: Yehuda, Mr. Mergler's Gift, Children of Jerusalem: Gesho, I'll Find a Way
- Bill Brodie is a film art director and production designer.
- Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Terry Whitmore, for Example
Bill Corcoran
Age: 69William "Bill" J. Corcoran is a Canadian film and television director. As a television director his credits include Friday the 13th, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy, MacGyver, Hope Island, New York Undercover, Mutant X, Stargate SG-1, Pensacola: Wings of Gold and among other series. He has also directed a number of television films.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Left Behind II: Tribulation Force, Vipers, Moonlight Becomes You, Stonerville, Atomic Twister
Bill Lake
Bill Lake is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver and who has appeared in many movies, television movies and series, stage plays and commercials. Among his television credits are appearances in shows such as Monk, Queer as Folk, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye and Earth: Final Conflict. His movie credits include roles in The Hurricane, Flash of Genius, Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming, and Apartment Hunting. He has well over 100 credits in a variety of productions since the 1970s. Lake starred as Hal Wallis in the 2002 TV movie Martin and Lewis, for which he starred alongside Sean Hayes and Jeremy Northam.- Birthplace: Canada
- Nationality: Canada
Bill Marchant
Age: 60Bill Marchant is an actor.- Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Everyone
- Bill Mason was a Canadian naturalist, author, artist, filmmaker, and conservationist, noted primarily for his popular canoeing books, films, and art as well as his documentaries on wolves. Mason was also known for including passages from Christian sermons in his films. He was born in 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and graduated from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1951. He developed and refined canoeing strokes and river-running techniques, especially for complex whitewater situations. Mason canoed all of his adult life, ranging widely over the wilderness areas of Canada and the United States. Termed a "wilderness artist," Mason left a legacy that includes books, films, and artwork on canoeing and nature. His daughter Becky and son Paul are also both canoeists and artists. Mason died of cancer in 1988.
- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes, Blake, Death of a Legend, Paddle to the Sea, Cry of the Wild
- Birthplace: Estevan, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: A Gun to the Head, Male Fantasy
Blake Leibel
Age: 43Blake Leibel is a film director.- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: Bald
- Robert "Bob" Dolman (born October 28, 1949) is a Canadian screenwriter, actor, director and producer. His work in television includes SCTV, SCTV Network 90, and WKRP in Cincinnati. Among his film credits are the screenplays for Willow and Far and Away, as well as The Banger Sisters and How to Eat Fried Worms, both of which he also directed. Bob was married at one time to actress Andrea Martin. His late sister, Nancy Dolman, was also an actress, as well as the wife of comedian/actor/screenwriter/producer Martin Short.
- Nationality: Canada
- Films Directed: The Banger Sisters, How to Eat Fried Worms
Bobbi Jo Krals
Bobbi Jo Krals is a film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer.- Birthplace: California
- Nationality: Canada, United States of America
- Films Directed: I Am Not a Rockstar
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