Warren P. Sonoda is a Canadian film and television director,Libaan Osman
"Toronto filmmaker taps into Japanese-Canadian roots with crime movie"
'' Toronto.com'', August 11, 2020. and the current president of the Directors Guild of Canada.

Biography

Originally from

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, he is currently based in

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. He has directed the films ''

Ham & Cheese ''Ham & Cheese'' is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed by Warren P. Sonoda.Doug Foley, "High hopes for Ham & Cheese". ''Hamilton Spectator'', November 17, 2004. The film stars Mike Beaver and Jason Jones. Both of them also wrote and produced ...

'' (2004), ''

5ive Girls ''5ive Girls'' is a 2006 Canadian horror film written and directed by Warren P. Sonoda and starring Ron Perlman, Jennifer Miller, and Jordan Madley. Plot The story takes place at St. Mark's, a Catholic boarding school for girls. One day, a young ...

'' (2006), ''

Coopers' Camera ''Coopers' Camera'' is a 2008 Canadian comedy film, directed by Warren P. Sonoda. The film centres on the Coopers, a dysfunctional family who are recording their family Christmas in 1985 on their new video camera, only for the holiday to descend ...

'' (2008), ''Puck Hogs'' (2009), ''

Unrivaled ''Unrivaled'' is a 2010 American-Canadian action drama film directed by Warren P. Sonoda and written, produced and starring Hector Echavarria. Echevarria stars as down-and-out cage fight Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to a ...

'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), ''Servitude'' (2011), '' Swearnet: The Movie'' (2014), ''

The Masked Saint ''The Masked Saint'' is a 2015 Canadian biographical drama film directed by Warren P. Sonoda. It is based on the 2009 book of the same name by Chris Whaley. The film stars Brett Granstaff, Lara Jean Chorostecki, T.J. McGibbon, Diahann Carroll (i ...

'' (2015), ''

Total Frat Movie ''Total Frat Movie'' is a 2016 comedy film directed by Warren P. Sonoda and starring Justin Deeley, Alex House, Steven Yaffee, Rebecca Dalton and Tom Green. Cast * Justin Deeley as Charlie Martin *Alex House as Billy Taylor *Steven Yaffee as ...

'' (2016), ''

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'' (2017) and '' Things I Do for Money'' (2019), and episodes of the television series ''

Monster Warriors ''Monster Warriors'' is an original Canadian television series which aired on YTV in Canada and also on Jetix since April 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was created by Wilson Coneybeare and produced by Coneybeare Stories. The series concluded its ...

'', ''

What's Up Warthogs! ''What's Up Warthogs!'' is a Canadian sitcom that aired on Family. It follows two teen rivals – Victoria and Eric – who with the help of best friend, Charlie, and crazed genius, Laney, come together and make the morning announcements into a s ...

'', '' Todd and the Book of Pure Evil'', ''

Make It Pop ''Make It Pop'' is a Canadian musical comedy television series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon that aired on Nickelodeon from March 26, 2015 to August 20, 2016. The series stars Megan Lee, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, and Dale Whibley. ...

'', ''

Raising Expectations ''Raising Expectations'' (formerly known as ''The Wonderful Wayneys'') is a Canadian television series, produced by Aircraft Pictures in conjunction with Dolphin Entertainment. The series stars Jason Priestley and Molly Ringwald as Wayne and Pai ...

'', ''

Trailer Park Boys ''Trailer Park Boys'' is a Canadian mockumentary sitcom television series created by Mike Clattenburg that began airing in 2001 as a continuation of his 1999 film bearing the same name. The show follows the misadventures of a group of trailer pa ...

'', ''

Dino Dana ''Dino Dana'' is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a followup to '' Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures'' and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 27, 2017. In September 2020, ''Dino ...

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Murdoch Mysteries ''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick B ...

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''. He won the

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for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for ''

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''.Naman Ramachandran
"‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"
'' Variety'', May 21, 2021. He is also a two-time

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nominee for Best Direction in a Film, receiving nominations at the

6th Canadian Comedy Awards The 6th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, and film comedy of 2004. The awards ceremony was held on 22 October 2005 during the five-day Canadian Comedy Aw ...

for ''Ham & Cheese'' and at the

10th Canadian Comedy Awards The 10th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2008. The ceremony was held at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, New Brunsw ...

for ''Coopers' Camera''.

Personal life

In October 2019, Sonoda married film producer Jen Pogue.Things I Do For Money: Warren P Sonoda goes home to Hamilton
by John Endo Greenway, at ''The Bulletin: A Journal of Japanese Canadian community, history + culture''; published August 12, 2020; retrieved January 24, 2021

References

External links

* Film directors from Toronto Canadian television directors Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian people of Japanese descent Mass media people from Hamilton, Ontario Living people Canadian music video directors Year of birth missing (living people) Asian-Canadian filmmakers {{Canada-film-director-stub