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Karim Hussain
Karim Hussain (born July 16, 1975) is a Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer. As a director he is best known for his 2000 film '' Subconscious Cruelty'', and as co-writer of Nacho Cerdà's '' The Abandoned''. In 2006, he adapted French-Canadian writer Marie-Claire Blais' work, '' La Belle Bête''. For it, he won the Director's Award at the Boston Underground Film Festival. A native of Ottawa, Ontario, he is the son of writer Nancy Vickers.Chris Lackner"Light, camera and lots of action action with Ottawa native Karim Hussain" ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...'', March 11, 2016. Filmography Director Films Short films Cinematographer Films Short films References External links * Canadian male screenwriters Living people 1974 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Subconscious Cruelty
''Subconscious Cruelty'' is a 2000 Canadian independent experimental anthology horror film written and directed by Karim Hussain and produced by Mitch Davis. It was filmed over a long period of time, from February 1994 to December 1999, and debuted at the Festival de Cine de Sitges in Sitges, Spain, on October 12, 2000. The film went on to screen at several other festivals, including the Stockholm International Film Festival and Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival before being released on DVD on April 18, 2005. The film was first released in Canada on Friday, April 13, 2001. It screened at Cinema Du Parc in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for two weeks from April 13 to the 28th of 2001. The film was screened again at the same theater for a single weekend in November 2001, and for one final time in June 2003. Since then, it has not had a public screening in Canada. Plot ''Subconscious Cruelty'' is divided into four disconnected short segments, each with its own narrative and themes: Ovarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hobo With A Shotgun
''Hobo with a Shotgun'' is a 2011 exploitation black comedy action film directed by Jason Eisener and written by John Davies. Based on Eisener's fictitious trailer of the same name from ''Grindhouse'' (2007), it is the second feature-length adaptation of a fictitious ''Grindhouse'' trailer, following Robert Rodriguez's ''Machete'' (2010). ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2011, on March 25 in Canada, and on May 6 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Plot An unnamed hobo arrives by boxcar in the city of Hope Town, its graffitied welcome sign reading "Scum Town". The city is ruled over by a ruthless crime lord named "The Drake" and his sadistic sons Ivan and Slick. The Hobo sees an amateur filmmaker shooting a '' Bumfights''-style movie. A bloodied man named Logan, The Drake's younger brother, screams for help. The Drake and his sons arrive and label him a traitor to the townspeople before publicly decap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mohawk (2017 Film)
''Mohawk'' is a 2017 American survival action- horror film directed by Ted Geoghegan, co-written by Geoghegan and novelist Grady Hendrix, and starring Kaniehtiio Horn, Ezra Buzzington, Noah Segan, and professional wrestler Jonathan "Brodie Lee" Huber in the only feature film appearance he made before his death. Plot Late one night in 1814, a young Mohawk woman named Okwaho or "Oak" (Kaniehtiio Horn) and one of her lovers, Calvin, gets into an argument with her mother Wentahawi (Sheri Foster) over whether her neutral tribe, who are being violently slaughtered by new Americans, should get involved in the War of 1812. Her two lovers — a Mohawk warrior named Calvin ( Justin Rain) and a British soldier named Joshua ( Eamon Farren), one of whom is the father of her unborn child — push for retaliation, which ultimately leads to Calvin sneaking off later that same night to light a nearby American encampment on fire, killing 22 sleeping American soldiers. Six soldiers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Steven Shainberg
Steven Shainberg (born February 5, 1963) is an American film director and producer. He is the nephew of author Lawrence Shainberg. Both are part of the Shainberg family of Memphis, Tennessee, founder of the Shainberg's chain of stores, which is now part of Dollar General. Biography Shainberg received his BA from Yale University in English Literature and East Asian studies. After graduation, he worked as a location manager, assistant director, production coordinator, and assistant editor on a number of films, commercials, and rock videos. He also worked as an independent producer developing adaptations of Joseph Conrad’s ''The Secret Agent'' and Henry James’ ''The Americans''. At the American Film Institute, he directed and wrote four short films including '' The Prom'' starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andras Jones and J. T. Walsh. ''The Prom'' won the Grand Prize at the Houston International Film Festival, the Critics’ Award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, and the silv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rupture (2016 Film)
''Rupture'' is a 2016 American science fiction horror thriller film directed by Steven Shainberg and starring Noomi Rapace. Plot After dropping off her son Evan with her ex-husband Cliff, Renée Morgan is abducted during a staged roadside tire repair by a five-person team overseen by Dr. Nyman. Stunned with a stun gun, Renée is carried into the team's truck, chained down and transported to a warehouse laboratory where she is strapped to a table and held prisoner in a private room. A fellow captive named Seth tells Renée to remember "G10 12X." Fellow captive Blake talks to Renée through the vent from an adjacent room and explains that their captors are forcing subjects to face their personal fears. Renée additionally learns that this mysterious group has secretly monitored subjects all over the world for decades. With the entire operation overseen by Terrence, Renée is repeatedly tested and experimented on by Dr. Nyman, Dr. Raxlen, Diana, Colette, and a Bald Man. Suffering f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paul Gross
Paul Michael Gross (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer. He rose to fame for his lead role as RCMP Constable Benton Fraser on the popular Canadian television series '' Due South'' (1994–1997). He won three Gemini Awards for his work on the series, two for acting and one for writing. Gross subsequently had success with two other Canadian television series, '' Slings & Arrows'' and '' Republic of Doyle''. He made his film directorial debut with the cult comedy '' Men with Brooms'', which spawned a television series of the same name. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the 2008 war film '' Passchendaele'', which won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. At the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, he received the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement. That same year, he was awarded the Order of Canada for “his contributions to Canadian film and television, as an actor, writer and direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hyena Road
''Hyena Road'' is a 2015 Canadian war drama film directed, written and produced by Paul Gross, starring Gross and Rossif Sutherland. It was shown in the Gala Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shown on 24 September 2015, at the Calgary Film Festival, before a general release on 9 October. It won three Canadian Screen Awards. The film is based on the true story of "Route Hyena" (formerly named Route Fosters) which was built by Task Force Kandahar between 2008–2011 during the War in Afghanistan, which over various rotations involved many units across the Canadian Armed Forces. For this English-language film, the units are shown to be from Western Canada, based on Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, an English-language regiment stationed in Western Canada. Plot In Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Canadian Army troops are encountering resistance from insurgents as they construct "Hyena Road" deep into Taliban territory. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta, (; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005), the last being nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, Academy Awards. ''Earth'' was submitted by List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and ''Water'' was Canada's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the third non-French-language Canadian film submitted in that category after Attila Bertalan's 1990 invented-language film ''A Bullet in the Head (1990 film), A Bullet to the Head'' and Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature ''Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner''. She co-founded Hamilt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beeba Boys
''Beeba Boys'' is a 2015 Canadian crime thriller film written and directed by Deepa Mehta. It stars Randeep Hooda as Jeet Johar, a loving single father, a dutiful son, a proud, observant Sikh and a ruthless gangster managing a team of stylish, charismatic but brutal and unforgiving young men. The film is a fictional take based on real incidents, including Bindy Johal. Plot Jeet Johar is a ruthless Indo-Canadian organized crime, Indo-Canadian gangster living in Vancouver, British Columbia. He and his gang take on the name of "Beeba" (which means good) Boys and dress in stylish, colourful suits. Jeet is irreverent, picking a feud with the much older Robbie Grewal, who deals in drugs and weapons. When his gang murders Lucky (and his girlfriend), a man who works for Grewal, for selling drugs on his turf, Jeet is arrested and forced to stand trial. While in prison Jeet meets Nep, a failed wannabe kidnapper who ingratiates himself to Jeet by beating up some white supremacists. Jeet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ted Geoghegan
Ted Geoghegan (born August 10, 1979) is an American filmmaker and publicist. He grew up in Great Falls, Montana, attending private and public schools and studying film extensively. He attended the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana and attained a degree in English Education. A two-time SXSW filmmaker who was nominated for a Saturn Award in 2024, Geoghegan is best-known for his work in the horror genre. He is also a genre film publicist and film historian featured on the BBC. '' Twitter
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We Are Still Here (2015 Film)
''We Are Still Here'' is a 2015 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ted Geoghegan and starring Andrew Sensenig and Barbara Crampton as grieving parents who find themselves the focus of an attack by vengeful spirits. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015. It was released in the United States on June 5, 2015, by Dark Sky Films. Plot In 1979, following the death of their son Bobby in a car crash, Anne and Paul Sacchetti have decided to move to a new home in rural New England. Paul hopes that it will be therapeutic for Anne, as the death has caused her to spiral into a deep depression. However, Anne starts claiming that Bobby is present in the house, and neighbor Cat McCabe warns them to leave. The house was built in the 1800s by the Dagmar family as a funeral home. The Dagmars were reportedly run out of the village after townspeople discovered that they were swindling their customers by selling the corpses and burying emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Stanley (director)
Richard Stanley is a South African filmmaker, known for his work in the horror genre. He began his career making short films and music videos, and subsequently directed the feature films '' Hardware'' (1990) and ''Dust Devil'' (1992). He was the original director of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1996), but was fired early into principal photography due to creative differences, an episode recounted in the 2014 documentary '' Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau''. In 2019, he returned to feature films after more than twenty years, directing the H. P. Lovecraft adaptation '' Color Out of Space.'' Career Early career (1983–1987) Stanley's first foray into film making began in high school where he joined the Young Filmmaker's Workshop. Here he created his first film, ''Rites of Passage''. Shot on super-8 stock, the 10-minute short film draws comparisons between modern man and primitive man. The short eventually won Stanley the IAC Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
