Kris Elgstrand is a

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film director and screenwriter.Marsha Lederman, "Suburban life inspires filmmaker's taste for the strange". ''

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'', September 25, 2014. He is most noted for his 2014 film ''

Songs She Wrote About People She Knows ''Songs She Wrote About People She Knows'' is a Canadian musical comedy film, released in 2014. The solo directorial debut of Kris Elgstrand,Glen Schaefer, "Director seeks big audience for small films". ''The Province'', September 20, 2014. the f ...

'', which received several

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nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016; Elgstrand himself was a nominee in the

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category for the film's song "Asshole Dave". A frequent collaborator with

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and Brad Dryborough in the Whatever Institute filmmaking collective, he was the screenwriter of Smith's films ''Imetacanine'',David Spaner, "Really good movies, ReelFast: Dylan Akio Smith had 48 hours to make winning film". ''

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'', August 26, 2003. '' Man. Feel. Pain.'', ''Galo de Barcelos: The Chicken of Portugal'', '' The Cabin Movie'' and ''Big Head'', the screenwriter and co-director with Smith of ''

Doppelgänger Paul ''Doppelgänger Paul, or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand and released in 2011. The film stars Tygh Runyan as Karl, a lonely man who decides following a near-death ...

'', and the writer of Dryborough's short film ''Clean Dirt''. On his own, he directed the short films ''Love Seat'' and ''In Her Ear'' before making ''Songs She Wrote About People She Knows'' as his solo feature debut. In 2020 he wrote the screenplay for David Milchard's comedy film '' An Awkward Balance''. Elgstrand has also written a number of stage plays, including ''Black Codes'', ''Murder Ballads'', ''The Boys'', ''Steve's New Day'' and ''Songs of the Sad Sack'', and has been active as a musician and songwriter.Glen Schaefer, "Director seeks big audience for small films". ''

'', September 21, 2014. He is married to actress and designer Arabella Bushnell.

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