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Wendy Michener Award
The Wendy Michener Award was a Canadian film award, presented by the Canadian Film Awards from 1969 to 1978 as a special achievement award for outstanding artistic achievements in film.Paul Townend"Wendy Michener Award" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', October 1, 2007. Origins The award was created in memory of Wendy Michener, an arts journalist and film critic who was the daughter of former Governor General Roland Michener and his wife Norah Michener, following her death in 1969. History The award's purpose varied, as it was sometimes presented for unspecified general artistic achievements and other times for specific individual films; it was most commonly, but not always, used to honour emerging filmmakers for their breakthrough works. At the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973, it was controversially awarded to film director Gilles Carle for "outstanding contribution to the Canadian Film Awards and the Canadian film industry", even though Carle had been one of the signatories to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Awards
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s they were also sometimes known as the Etrog Awards for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette. The awards were succeeded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema's Genie Awards in 1980; beginning in 2013 the Academy merged the Genie Awards with its separate Gemini Awards program for television to create the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards. History The award was first established in 1949 by the Canadian Association for Adult Education, under a steering committee that included the National Film Board's James Beveridge, the Canadian Foundation's Walter Herbert, filmmaker F. R. Crawley, the National Gallery of Canada's Donald Buchanan and diplomat Graham McInnes. The initial jury consisted of Hye Bossin, managing editor of ''Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Dansereau
Mireille Dansereau (born December 19, 1943) is a Canadian director and screenwriter who is known for "emulating the style and approach of her aesthetic role model, John Cassavetes". Biography Mireille Dansereau was a dancer for 15 years before turning to filmmaking. After finishing her studies at the University of Montreal, she made her first film, a short entitled ''Moi, un jour...'' for Expo 67. The film was well received and enabled her to move to London, England to attend the Royal College of Art. She obtained her master's degree in Film and Television and made another short film, ''Compromise'', which won first prize at the 1969 Great Britain Student Film Festival. Dansereau worked a variety of jobs - researcher, script assistant, sound recorder - before returning to Quebec. There, she co-founded L’ Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-visuelles (ACPAV) and became the first woman in Quebec to direct a fiction feature film in the private sector; the film, ''La vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978)
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s they were also sometimes known as the Etrog Awards for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette. The awards were succeeded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema's Genie Awards in 1980; beginning in 2013 the Academy merged the Genie Awards with its separate Gemini Awards program for television to create the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards. History The award was first established in 1949 by the Canadian Association for Adult Education, under a steering committee that included the National Film Board's James Beveridge, the Canadian Foundation's Walter Herbert, filmmaker F. R. Crawley, the National Gallery of Canada's Donald Buchanan and diplomat Graham McInnes. The initial jury consisted of Hye Bossin, managing editor of ''Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Scott
Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a Seventh-Day Adventist, whose doctrine virtually prohibited movies. Scott studied art history at New College of Florida in Sarasota."Globe's Jay Scott dies suddenly at 43: A rare film critic respected by all". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 31, 1993. Career Moving to Canada in 1969 as a draft evader, he settled in Calgary and began writing film reviews for the '' Calgary Albertan'' a few years later. He won a National Newspaper Award in 1975, and moved to Toronto when he was hired by ''The Globe and Mail'' in 1977. With the ''Globe and Mail'', Scott became Canada's most influential film critic, winning two more National Newspaper Awards for his writing, and is still widely remembere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Card Monte (film)
''Three Card Monte'' is a 1978 Canadian crime drama film directed by Les Rose and starring Richard Gabourie as Busher, a small-time con man who meets and becomes a father figure to a runaway kid named Toby ( Chris Langevin)."Richard Gabourie: Electric confidence". ''Cinema Canada'', January/February 1979.Jay Scott, "$1.95 Monte is a game bluff". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 19, 1978. The film was written by Gabourie. It premiered at the 1978 Festival of Festivals. At the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978, the film garnered 11 nominations, including Best Feature Film, Best Director (Rose), Best Actor (Gabourie) and Best Supporting Actress ( Lynne Cavanagh). Gabourie won the award for Best Actor, as well as the Wendy Michener Award in honour of his all-around achievement as a virtual unknown who successfully wrote, coproduced and starred in his own debut film. The film was dismissed by ''The Globe and Mail'' film critic Jay Scott as being "in the respected tradition of natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gabourie
Richard Gabourie (April 30, 1939 – October 11, 2004) was a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film producer, most noted for winning the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor in 1978 for '' Three Card Monte''. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Gabourie worked as a stockbroker as a young man before studying acting at Toronto's Academy of Theatre Arts."RICHARD GABOURIE, PRODUCER 1939-2004: In 1978, the former stockbroker set the domestic movie industry on its ear with his first film. Skilled in the art of raising funds, he rode the first wave of Canadian filmmaking". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 26, 2004. Initially cast in bit parts and commercials, he eventually decided that with the Canadian film industry still relatively limited in its output, his best chance at getting a bigger and better part was to create one for himself, and worked for three years to write and make ''Three Card Monte''. At the Canadian Film Awards, he won the award for Best Actor and the Wendy Michener Award. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Tracer
''Skip Tracer'', also known as ''Deadly Business'', is a Canadian drama film, directed by Zale Dalen and released in 1977.Jay Scott, "Skip Tracer: Dalen connects with the man who collects". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 25, 1978. Plot The film stars David Petersen as John Collins, a repo man who begins to regret his career choice after being paired with Brent Solverman ( John Lazarus), a new trainee whose very different perspective on the job begins to trigger Collins' conscience. Production and Release ''Skip Tracer'' was Dalen's feature-length directorial debut. The film was made for a budget of just $250,000 after Dalen and his wife Laara, acting as the film's producer, decided that they were dissatisfied with their jobs and wanted to work in film."Skip Tracer first Canadian film at N.Y. festival". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 25, 1978. The film was released on VHS under the name ''Deadly Business.'' Reception and legacy Petersen received a Canadian Film Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zale Dalen
Zale Dalen is a Canadian film and television director. He is known for the 1980 film ''The Hounds of Notre Dame'', for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981, the cult films '' Skip Tracer'' (1977) and '' Terminal City Ricochet'' (1990)."Ricochet hit". ''Vancouver Sun'', August 31, 1990. His television credits have included episodes of '' For the Record'', ''The Edison Twins'', ''Danger Bay'', ''Airwolf'', '' Wiseguy'', ''The Beachcombers'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''21 Jump Street'', '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' and '' Call of the Wild''. In addition he directed two made for TV movies: " Anything to Survive" (1990) for ABC and "On Thin Ice, the Tai Babalonia Story" (1990) for NBC. His non-television work includes educational and sponsored films, plus the Saskatchewan Pavilion film for Expo '86. Most recently, Jesse Savath, the son of the late writer/producer Phil Savath Phil Savath (December 28, 1946 - November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Street (1976 Film)
''The Street'' is a 1976 animated short by Caroline Leaf, based on a short story of the same name by Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1959) and '' Barney's Version'' (1997). His 1970 novel '' St. Urbain's Horseman'' and 1989 novel ..., and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Summary Animated using paint on glass animation, and set on Saint Urbain Street in Montreal, it explores the reactions of Jewish family in the early 20th century to the death of a grandmother. Production The film had a budget of $49,223 (). Awards ''The Street'' garnered numerous awards including a special prize from the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and two Canadian Film Awards (now known as the Genie Awards) for Best Animated Film and the Wendy Michener Award, presented in recognition of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Leaf
Caroline Leaf (born August 12, 1946 in Seattle, Washington) is a Canadian-American filmmaker, animator, director, tutor and artist. She has produced numerous short animated films and her work has been recognized worldwide. She is best known as one of the pioneering filmmakers at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). She worked at the NFB from 1972 to 1991. During that time, she created the sand animation and paint-on-glass animation techniques. She also tried new hands-on techniques with 70mm IMAX film. Her work is often representational of Canadian culture and is narrative based. Leaf now lives in London UK and is a tutor at The National Film and Television School. She maintains a studio in London working in oils and on paper and does landscape drawing with iPad. Biography and early work Leaf was born in Seattle, Washington and lived in Boston. She attended Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and majored in Architectural Sciences from 1964-1968. for visual arts fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream Life (film)
''Dream Life'' (french: La Vie rêvée) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mireille Dansereau and released in 1972. The first narrative fiction feature film from Quebec to be directed by a woman, the film stars Liliane Lemaître-Auger and Véronique Le Flaguais as Isabelle and Virginie, colleagues at a film production company in Montreal, who dream of finding the perfect man but come to realize that reality doesn't live up to their fantasies. The film won two Canadian Film Awards at the 24th Canadian Film Awards in 1972, for Best Editing ( Danielle Gagné) and the Wendy Michener Award. It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Jean Pierre Lefebvre (; born 17 August 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers. Biography Jean Pierre Lefebvre studied literature at the University of Montréal and taught for two years at the Jesuit-run Loyola College in Montreal (now part of Concordia University). He began writing as a film critic, first for ''Quartier Latin'', then for ''Séquences'' and '' Objectif''. He directed his first film, a short drama, then three independent features. He joined the National Film Board of Canada and made two films, including the 1968 feature '' My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette)'', co-starring Raôul Duguay and produced by Clément Perron. Lefebvre was then asked to head the NFB's French-language fiction studio. He began its ''Premières Oeuvres'' series, designed to make low-budget shorts and features. Four features and a number of shorts were produced within a yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |