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Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in
"Cameras roll on indie rom-com Your Money or Your Wife"
''Playback'', by Etan Vlessing, 4 February 2015. in 2015 and produced ''Weirdos'' in 2016.
Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...
, Canada. Almon is best known his work as the producer of the Canadian feature films ''Blackbird'' and ''Weirdos''.
Career
Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors. He subsequently gained credits as a producer, director and writer on a number of award-winning short films, including ''The Wake of Calum MacLeod'' and ''D’Unee Rive a l'Autre'' (director: Maxime Desmons), which have screened at international film festivals and have aired on CBC, Global, BBC, Bravo! and the Sundance Channel. Almon was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2008, won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize in 2010, was a finalist for the TIFF Pitch This! competition, and attended the Rotterdam Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training program. Almon's film ''Blackbird'' made its debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian First Feature Award. ''Blackbird'' continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013. In 2013,The Hollywood Reporter
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named Almon a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood.
In 2015, Almon became the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia, an organization which represents Nova Scotia film, television and digital media. In this role he was involved in negotiations with the provincial government about changes to the film tax credit.
Marc executive produced the film ''Your Money or Your Wife'' ''Playback'', by Etan Vlessing, 4 February 2015. in 2015 and produced ''Weirdos'' in 2016.
Filmography
*''Transit
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* ''Transit'' (1979 film), a 1979 Israeli film
* ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countries in the world
* ''Transit'' (2006 film), a 2006 ...
'' (2001)
*'' The Wake of Calum MacLeod'' (2006)
*'' D'une rive à l'autre'' (2009)
*'' The Fiddler's Reel'' (2010)
*'' Blackbird'' (2012)
*''Your Money or Your Wife
''Your Money or Your Wife'' is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Anthony Simmons and starring Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins, and Richard Wattis. In this farce, a couple must divorce in order to inherit a fortune.
Cast
* Donald Sinden as P ...
'' (2015)
*'' Weirdos'' (2016)
References
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