Rex Bromfield is a

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film and television director and writer."Filmmakers get serious in fall releases". ''

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'', September 12, 1987. He is best known for his 1982 film ''

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nominations at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983, including a nod for Bromfield as

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. He has directed five feature films and numerous episodes of Canadian television series. He subsequently left the film business to start a software company, but in 2004 he briefly returned to film as co-writer with

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of the screenplay for ''The Wild Guys''."Wild Guys scatter across B.C.". ''

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'', November 12, 2004. He has since published several works of fiction as

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. He is the brother of comedians

Valri Bromfield Valri Bromfield (born February 10, 1949) is a Canadian comedian, actress, writer, and television producer who started her career as one half of a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd. Together, they joined the first Toronto company of The Second City wh ...

and Lois Bromfield who appeared in the 1990s, Bromfield with Chris Aable in her first television interview, on '' Hollywood Today'' .

Filmography

Films

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'' (1977) *''

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'' (1981) *''

Melanie Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".Home Is Where the Hart Is ''Home Is Where the Hart Is'' is a 1987 Canadian film, written and directed by Rex Bromfield. It stars Leslie Nielsen, Eric Christmas, and Martin Mull. Plot summary A cunning nurse and con artist Belle Haimes (Valri Bromfield) lives with her sim ...

'' (1987) *''Café Romeo'' (1992) *''The Wild Guys'' (2004)

Television

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'' (1988–89, 4 episodes) *''

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'' (1988–89, 6 episodes) *''Max Glick'' (1990) *''

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'' (1993–94, 4 episodes)

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* Living people Canadian television directors Canadian male screenwriters Canadian male novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-screenwriter-stub