Allan Moyle (born 1947 in

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) is a Canadian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

. He is best known for directing the films '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990) and ''

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'' (1995).

Career

His first major film was '' Times Square'' (1980). During the editing of the film he clashed with producer Robert Stigwood who reportedly wanted dialogue scenes removed and replaced with more musical sequences, so that the accompanying soundtrack recording could be expanded to a double-album. Moyle refused to make the cuts so Stigwood fired him and made the cuts himself. In the eighties he wrote a novel that was never published but became the basis for his screenplay of his movie '' Pump Up the Volume'', which he also directed. It was released in 1990. Moyle has since directed ''

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'' (1992), ''

'' (1995), '' New Waterford Girl'' (1999) - for which he won the Best Direction Canadian Comedy Award in 2001, '' XChange'' (2000), and the made-for-TV movies ''Jailbait'' (2000) and '' Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story'' (2004). His film, '' Weirdsville'', debuted at and headlined the 2007

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in January, the film's stars include Taryn Manning. He is divorced from actress Dianna Miranda and currently married to Chiyoko Tanaka. He attended

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and apprenticed at the New London Barn Theatre in

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Filmography

*'' Montreal Main'' (1974, actor/writer) *'' East End Hustle'' (1976, actor/writer) *''

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'' (1977, actor) *'' The Rubber Gun'' (1977) (director/co-writer, with Stephen Lack) *''

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'' (1977, actor) *'' Times Square'' (1980) (director/story, with Leann Unger) *'' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990) (director/writer) *''Red Blooded American Girl'' (1990) (writer) *''

'' (1992) (director) *'' Love Crimes'' (with Laurie Frank) (1992) *'' The Thing Called Love'' (1993) (uncredited) *''

'' (1995) (director) *''Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science'' (1997) (TV) *'' New Waterford Girl'' (1999) (director) * ''Jailbait'' (2000) (TV) (director) *'' XChange'' (2000) (director) *'' Say Nothing'' (2001) (director) *'' Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story'' (2004) (TV) (director) *'' Weirdsville'' (2007) (director)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moyle, Allan 1947 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian screenwriters McGill University alumni People from Shawinigan Date of birth missing (living people) Male actors from Quebec Writers from Quebec Film directors from Quebec Canadian Comedy Award winners