Caelum Vatnsdal (born 1970) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.Randall King

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'', November 24, 2012. He is most noted for his books ''They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema'' (2004), a comprehensive study of Canadian horror films, and ''You Don’t Know Me, But You Love Me: The Lives of Dick Miller'' (2018), a biography of character actor

Dick Miller Richard Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corm ...

. As a filmmaker he directed the feature film ''Black as Hell, Strong as Death, Sweet as Love'' (1998) and the Weakerthans documentary film ''We're the Weakerthans, We're from Winnipeg'' (2010),Vish Khanna
"We're the Weakerthans We're from Winnipeg"
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'', October 4, 2011. as well as numerous short films. He has also acted in the films of

Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in ...

, including ''Careful'', ''

Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity ''Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Guy Maddin and released in 1995. The film stars Jim Keller and Caelum Vatnsdal as Keller and Caelum, a father and son who compet ...

'', '' Sissy Boy Slap Party'', ''Maldoror: Tygers'', ''

The Heart of the World ''The Heart of the World'' is a short film written and directed by Guy Maddin, produced for the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Maddin was one of a number of directors (including Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg) commissioned to make four ...

'' and ''

Cowards Bend the Knee ''Cowards Bend the Knee'' (also known as ''The Blue Hands'') is a 2003 film by Guy Maddin. Maddin directed ''Cowards Bend the Knee'' while in pre-production on ''The Saddest Music in the World'', shooting entirely on Super-8mm film with a budget o ...

''. He worked from 2008 to 2010 as editor of the

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community newspaper ''

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