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Preggoland
''Preggoland'' is a 2014 Canadian comedy film directed by Jacob Tierney and written by Sonja Bennett. The film stars Bennett as Ruth, a 35-year-old single woman who falsely claims to be pregnant to deflect her friends' and family's mounting disapproval of her directionless, irresponsible lifestyle."TIFF 2014 Review: Preggoland" . '''', September 5, 2014. The film's cast also includes , , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Bennett
Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film ''Punch'' (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films '' Donovan's Echo'', ''Cole'', '' Control Alt Delete'', ''Young People Fucking'', and '' Fido'' as well as the television series ''Godiva's'' and ''Cold Squad''. In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with ''Preggoland'' in which she also starred. Early life and education Born in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 24, 1980, Bennett is the daughter of director/writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother, living in several locations. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Following that, she attended Langara College in Vancouver, and enrolled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Tierney
Jacob Daniel Tierney (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing Eric in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1990–1992) and as the co-writer, director, and executive producer of the sitcom ''Letterkenny'' (2016–2021), in which he also plays Pastor Glen. Early life Jacob Daniel Tierney was born in Montreal on September 26, 1979, the son of teacher Terry (née Smiley) and film producer Kevin Tierney (1950–2018). He is of Irish and Jewish descent. His younger sister, Brigid, is an actress. Career Tierney started his career as a child actor, beginning at age six. Aside from acting, Tierney also writes and directs. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with his short film titled ''Dad''. Since ''Dad'', Tierney has written and directed the feature films ''Twist'' (2003), for which he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, ''The Trotsky'' (2009), which garnered him two Canadian Comedy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Caan
James Edmund Caan ( ; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in ''The Godfather'' (1972) – a performance which earned him Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised his role in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974). He received a List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars, motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. After early roles in Howard Hawks's ''El Dorado (1966 film), El Dorado'' (1966), Robert Altman's ''Countdown (1967 film), Countdown'' (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's ''The Rain People'' (1969), Caan gained acclaim for his portrayal of Brian Piccolo in the 1971 television movie ''Brian's Song'' for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Eastwood
Kevin Eastwood is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and film and television producer. He is best known for directing the CBC Television documentaries '' Humboldt: The New Season'' and '' After the Sirens'' and the Knowledge Network series '' Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH'' and '' British Columbia: An Untold History''. His credits as a producer include the movies '' Fido'', ''Preggoland'' and ''The Delicate Art of Parking'', the television series ''The Romeo Section'', and the documentaries '' Haida Modern'', '' Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World'' and '' Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson''. Career Eastwood started his film career in 2000 at the feature film production company, Anagram Pictures. While at Anagram, he was associate producer on Andrew Currie's first feature, ''Mile Zero'', and co-produced the comedies ''The Delicate Art of Parking'' and '' Fido'' and was the supervising producer on the CTV movie ''Elijah'', about the life of Canadian Oji-Cree politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Durupt
Lisa Durupt is a Canadian-born actress with appearances on several television shows and movies including '' Heartland'' and various Hallmark Channel films like ''Reunited at Christmas''. Early life and career Durupt was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She also founded the Tricities Film Studio run out of Coquitlam Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. ... which offers a unique sports-oriented approach to the art of acting. Filmography Television Film References External links *Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Durupt, Lisa Living people Actresses from Winnipeg Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Keeso
Jared Keeso ( ; born July 1, 1984) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for creating and starring in the comedy series '' Letterkenny'' (2016–present), which won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series in 2017. He is also known for his roles as Ben Chartier in the 2014 series '' 19-2'' (2014–2017), for which he won a Canadian Screen Award, and Don Cherry in the television films '' Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story'' (2010) and '' The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II'' (2012), for which he won a Leo Award and Gemini Award. Early life Keeso was born in Listowel, Ontario, on July 1, 1984, the son of Anne and Richard Keeso. His family owned and operated the Keeso Sawmill Company, which was founded in 1872, and Keeso spent several years working in the sawmill before embarking on his acting career. The sawmill was destroyed by a fire on September 9, 2018. As a youth, like most boys his age in town, Keeso played junior hockey; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Toronto International Film Festival
The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin's film '' The Judge'', starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall was the opening night film. ''A Little Chaos'', a British period drama directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet closed the festival. More films for each section were announced on 12 August, with the line-up completed on 19 August. A total of 393 films were shown, including 143 world premieres. The first Friday was dubbed "Bill Murray Day", as festival organisers dedicated a day to the actor by screening a select number of his films for free. Awards Programmes Gala Presentations *'' Black and White'' by Mike Binder *'' Boychoir'' by François Girard *'' The Connection'' by Cedric Jimenez *'' The Equalizer'' by Antoine Fuqua *'' Escobar: Paradise Lost'' by Andrea Di Stefano *'' The Forger'' by Philip Martin *''Foxcatcher' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Cosens
Steve Cosens is a Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007 for ''Snow Cake'' and at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010 for ''Nurse.Fighter.Boy'', and a winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography in a Drama Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for '' Cardinal''.Alexandra Heilbron"2018 Canadian Screen Awards – second night winners!" ''Tribute'', March 8, 2018. His other credits have included the films ''The Uncles'', '' The Art of Woo'', '' Flower & Garnet'', ''Seven Times Lucky'', '' The Tracey Fragments'', '' Citizen Gangster'', ''Preggoland'', '' Born to Be Blue'', ''Mean Dreams'', '' Blaze'' and ''Mafia Inc.'', and the television series ''The Zack Files'', ''Show Me Yours ''Show Me Yours'' is a Canadian comedy television series originally aired on Showcase between May 26, 2004 and May 31, 2005. Plot Dr. Kate Langford ( Rachael Crawford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Harris
Laura Harris is a Canadian actress. Early life Harris is the daughter of schoolteachers. She began acting in radio dramas and animation series when she was five years old. As a child Harris was educated at Crofton House School and attended college through UC correspondence. After working nearly 14 years in television, she broke into feature film acting as a teenager. Career Harris is known for her roles as Grim Reaper Daisy Adair in the cable series ''Dead Like Me'' and as Marie Warner in the spy drama '' 24''. Her film career dates back to 1990 when she appeared in an adaptation of Stephen King's '' It'' as Loni. She appeared as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in ''The Faculty'' in 1998. In 2006, Laura Harris starred as Maggie in a British-German horror film called ''Severance'', directed by Christopher Smith, and written by Smith and James Moran. In the summer of 2009, she co-starred in the internationally co-produced science fiction series '' Defying Gravity'' as Zoe Barn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Campbell (Canadian Actor)
Paul Campbell (born June 22, 1979) is a Canadian actor.Paul Campbell's bio at www.northernstars.ca Life and career Paul grew up in , and graduated from Semiahmoo Secondary in 1997. From 2004 to 2006 he portrayed on the reimagined '' |
Lightning Entertainment
Lightning Entertainment is an American film distributor, sales agent, and production company based in Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing t .... It was founded in 2002 by Richard Guardian, Rich Goldberg, and Marc Greenberg, focusing on sales and distribution of independent films. It began offering film production services in 2012, which it stated were designed to help domestic films better target international markets. See also * ''Non-Transferable'', distributed by Lightning Entertainment. References External links * 2002 establishments in California Companies based in Los Angeles Film distributors of the United States Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 2002 {{US-film-company-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Films
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