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Zack Russell is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.
[1] He is most noted for his 2015 short film
She Stoops to Conquer , which was the winner of the
Canadian Screen Award for
Best Live Action Short Drama at the
4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.
[2]
He previously worked in theatre, most notably collaborating with
Sook-Yin Lee on the 2019 play Unsafe for
Canadian Stage ,
[3] and has also directed the short film 7A
[1] and episodes of the web series True Dating Stories .
[4]
His debut documentary film,
Someone Lives Here , premiered at the 2023
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival ,
[5] where it was named the winner of the
Rogers Audience Award .
[6]
^
a
b Andrew Parker,
"TIFF 2018 Short Takes: Zack Russell on 7A" .
TheGATE.ca , September 5, 2018.
^
" 'Room', 'Schitt's Creek', 'Vikings' Among 2016 Canadian Screen Awards Winners" .
ET Canada . March 13, 2016. Archived from
the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016 .
^ Jose Teodoro,
"Sook-Yin Lee’s Unsafe has little to say about call-out culture" .
Now , March 18, 2019.
^ Jordan Pinto,
"LaRue’s True Dating Stories renewed, acquired in the U.S." .
Playback , July 30, 2021.
^ Rachel Ho,
"Hot Docs: 'Someone Lives Here' Reveals Society's Broken Safety Nets, and Those Who Are Trying to Fix Them" .
Exclaim! , April 26, 2023.
^
"‘Someone Lives Here’ takes home top prize at Hot Docs film festival" .
Toronto Star , May 8, 2023.