John Trent (1935,
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- June 3, 1983,
Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada) was a British-born Canadian film director. He directed such films as
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Middle Age Crazy
''Middle Age Crazy'' is a 1980 American-Canadian comedy film directed by John Trent, and starring Bruce Dern and Ann-Margret. The film was nominated for two awards (Worst Director and Worst Screenplay) at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards.
Plot
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.
Before working in feature films, Trent worked in Canadian television in the 1960s, directing episodes of such popular CBC series as
Quentin Durgens, M.P. and
Wojeck, based on the career of the controversial
Dr. Morton Shulman, then Toronto’s chief coroner. In addition to producing his own films, his company Quadrant Films also produced such fare as
Bob Clark's vampire horror film
Deathdream
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Trent died in a road accident while returning from delivering his son, who was the Ontario Under 16 show-jumping champion, to an event. He was killed by a police car which came around a bend on the wrong side, and hit his compact Cadillac head-on.
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Selected filmography
References
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Film directors from Ontario
Canadian people of English descent
Film producers from Ontario
1935 births
1983 deaths
Road incident deaths in Canada
Canadian television directors