Blaine Thurier (born 1967) is a Canadian musician and film producer. He plays

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with the Canadian

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. His videos for The New Pornographers have been critically well received. Thurier has written and directed feature films which have been screened at the

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(TIFF),

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, Slamdance and other festivals. Thurier served as a 2011 panelist for the TIFF.

Personal life

Thurier was born in 1967

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, Canada. He lives in

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with his wife and son.

Career

Thurier considers filmmaking his main creative outlet, while treating music as a job. He plays

with the Canadian

. Thurier has directed three of the band's videos "Use It", "All For Swinging You Around" and "The Laws Have Changed".

Feature films

Thurier's first full-length feature '' Low Self-Esteem Girl'' premiered at the September 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Thurier used the attention from his film debut to promote The New Pornographers who were still a few months away from releasing their debut album ''

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''. The film was awarded Best Narrative Feature at the

. Thurier's second full-length feature, a comedy, ''Male Fantasy'' received a nomination at the

. It was released to DVD in 2008. ''A Gun to the Head'', a crime comedy, was Thurier's third full-length feature film. Thurier's fourth film ''12 Takes'' was made in 2010. It is a

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documentary.

Filmography

Music videos

Features

Shorts

*2010 - ''12 Takes'' *2020 - ''Sing, O Muse''

References

External links

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The New Pornographers
at

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The New Pornographers
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