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  • Date of Birth: 28 February, 1956
  • Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Biography: Guy Maddin, OM (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter and director of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in... Read more

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A scene from Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg. (Jody Shapiro/The Documentary Channel) Maddin will be in attendance, along with comedian Isabella Rossellini who stars in the film. ... Full Article

Guy Maddin is not your everyday director. Over the last twenty years, he's made a name for himself with his beautifully hazy black and white shorts and features, from the docufantasia wonder of My Winnipeg to the hops-filled thrills of... ... Full Article

TROY -- For the opening night of its second season, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center drew a distinguished and attractive crowd. The large audience in the EMPAC theater included a healthy mix of generations and a sampling of... ... Full Article

Guy Maddin 's 2008 docu-fantasia My Winnipeg was an uneasy combine of fact and fiction, autobiography and civic history-"What if I film my way out of here?" the exceptionally idiosyncratic film director asked, a bit frantically, as his camera traveled... ... Full Article

Gord Downie may not want to know what the poets are doing, but we do. April is National Poetry Month -- NaPoMo -- and to celebrate The Afterword is introducing readers to poets from across the country. ... Full Article

A fictional documentary by Guy Maddin that is a dreamlike homage to his hometown of Winnipeg. The unique experiences of childhood clearly shape identity. Review by Andrew L. ... Full Article

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