Guy Maddin
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-02-28 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Canada
Guy Maddin
Biography
Guy Maddin CM OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, 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 alternative film circles. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated film-makers. Maddin has directed eleven feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews with Maddin and two book-length academic studies of his work. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Known For
Acting
The Triangular Door
as Narrator
(2022)
Horse Brothers
as Anton the Horse (voice)
(2021)
(2019)
J.T. LeRoy
as Reader
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
The Amazed Spectator
as Himself
(2015)
(2014)
Louis Riel for Dinner
as Narrator
(2009)
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
(2008)
My Winnipeg
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Death of the Reel
as Himself
(2008)
(2007)
(2000)
Vinyl
as Himself
(2000)
Nostradamus
as Waiter Joe
(1997)
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
as Self - filmmaker
(1983)
The International Style
as Nurse
(1982)
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
as Student
Crew
Berlin
Director
City Wide Fever
Executive Producer
(2024)
Rumours
Director, Story
(2022)
(2021)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Graphic Designer
(2020)
The Rabbit Hunters
Screenplay, Director
(2020)
Stump the Guesser
Writer, Director
(2018)
The Green Fog
Director
(2018)
Accidence
Writer, Director
(2016)
Seances
Director, Writer
(2015)
The Forbidden Room
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
(2015)
Once a Chicken
Director
(2015)
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
Director
(2015)
Lines of the Hand
Director
(2014)
Elms
Director
(2014)
Cold
Director
(2014)
The Hall Runner
Director
(2014)
Colours
Director
(2014)
Puberty
Director
(2012)
Invisible World
Director
(2012)
Only Dream Things
Director
(2011)
Keyhole
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(2010)
Sinclair
Director
(2009)
Night Mayor
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
(2009)
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(2009)
Experiments in Terror 3
Director
(2009)
(2009)
How to Take a Bath
Director
(2008)
My Winnipeg
Director, Writer, Producer
(2008)
Footsteps
Cinematography, Director
(2008)
It's My Mother's Birthday Today
Director
(2008)
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2008)
Glorious
Director, Writer
(2007)
Brand Upon the Brain!
Director, Writer
(2007)
Lullaby
Director
(2007)
Odin's Shield Maiden
Director, Cinematography, Screenplay
(2006)
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Director
(2006)
Nude Caboose
Director, Writer, Cinematography
(2006)
Workbook
Director, Writer
(2005)
FuseBoy
Director, Director of Photography
(2005)
Audition One
Director
(2005)
Chimney Workbook
Director
(2005)
Audition Two
Director, Director of Photography
(2004)
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Director, Camera Operator, Cinematography, Writer, Editor
(2004)
A Trip to the Orphanage
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
(2004)
Sorrowful Shadow
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
(2003)
The Saddest Music in the World
Director, Writer
(2003)
Cowards Bend the Knee
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(2002)
(2002)
Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Director
(2001)
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
(2001)
It's a Wonderful Life
Director
(2000)
The Heart of the World
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2000)
Preludes
Director
(1999)
Hospital Fragment
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
(1998)
The Cock Crew
Writer, Editor, Director
(1998)
Maldoror: Tygers
Director
(1997)
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Director
(1997)
Rooster Workbook
Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Director
(1997)
Zookeeper Workbook
Writer, Cinematography, Director
(1995)
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Director, Screenplay
(1995)
The Hands of Ida
Director
(1992)
Careful
Cinematography, Production Design, Editor, Director, Screenplay
(1991)
Indigo High-Hatters
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
(1990)
Archangel
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Editor, Sound
(1988)
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
(1985)
The Dead Father
Director, Writer