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Canadian film and television director
Mark Sawers is a Canadian film director and writer.
[1] Best known for his feature films
Camera Shy and
No Men Beyond This Point ,
[2] he is also a four-time
Genie Award nominee for
Best Live Action Short Drama for his films
Stroke at the
13th Genie Awards ,
[3]
Hate Mail at the
14th Genie Awards ,
[4]
Shoes Off! at the
19th Genie Awards
[5] and
Lonesome Joe at the
24th Genie Awards .
[6]
Shoes Off also won the Canal+ Award at the
1999 Cannes Film Festival .
[7]
As a television director, his credits have included segments of
The Kids in the Hall , and episodes of
Alienated ,
[8]
Alice, I Think ,
About a Girl ,
The Assistants ,
Mr. Young and Anticlimax .
From
Vancouver ,
British Columbia , Sawers is a graduate of the
University of British Columbia .
[9]
Filmography
References
^ "A short life in Cannes : Vancouver film-maker Mark Sawers enjoys acclaim at the world's most famous film festival -- and obscurity at home. That's the price he pays for making short films".
Vancouver Sun , May 21, 1999.
^
"Director Mark Sawers explores extinction in humourous [sic ] No Men Beyond This Point" .
The Georgia Straight , September 23, 2015.
^ "French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations".
The Globe and Mail , October 14, 1992.
^ "Genie nominations".
Calgary Herald , October 20, 1993.
^ "They dream of Genies".
Halifax Daily News , December 8, 1998.
^ Katherine Monk, "Time for Genie to come out of the bottle with a bit more pizzazz".
CanWest News Service , April 29, 2004.
^ "Belgian movie wins top prize at Cannes ; Toronto's Egoyan misses ceremony when film shut out".
Toronto Star , May 24, 1999.
^ "Sci-fi TV comedy filmed in Saanich opens on New VI".
Victoria Times-Colonist , September 4, 2003.
^ "Film-maker Mark Sawers tastes big time in Cannes". Vancouver Sun , May 12, 1993.
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