Guy Maddin

Personal Info

Know 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 projec...

Acting

2022

Horse Brothers

as Anton the Horse (voice)

2014

2008

My Winnipeg

as Narrator (voice)

2016

2000

Vinyl

as Himself

2008

2000

Nostradamus

as Waiter Joe

1997

2019

J.T. LeRoy

as Reader

Production

1998

The Cock Crew

as Writer

1998

The Cock Crew

as Editor

1998

The Cock Crew

as Director

2007

2008

My Winnipeg

as Director

2008

My Winnipeg

as Writer

2000

1992

Careful

as Cinematography

1992

Careful

as Production Design

1992

Careful

as Editor

2003

1992

Careful

as Director

2011

Keyhole

as Screenplay

2011

Keyhole

as Director

1990

Archangel

as Director

1985

The Dead Father

as Director

2004

2009

Night Mayor

as Director

2008

Footsteps

as Cinematography

2012

Invisible World

as Director

2004

Sorrowful Shadow

as Director

2000

Preludes

as Director

2004

Sissy-Boy Slap-Party

as Camera Operator

2024

Rumours

as Director

2020

The Rabbit Hunters

as Screenplay

2011

Keyhole

as Producer

1991

1991

Indigo High-Hatters

as Cinematography

1991

1991

2015

2015

2014

Elms

as Director

2008

Footsteps

as Director

2012

2014

Cold

as Director

-

Berlin

as Director

2015

Once a Chicken

as Director

2010

Sinclair

as Director

2014

The Hall Runner

as Director

2008

Glorious

as Director

1985

2007

Lullaby

as Director

1999

2014

Colours

as Director

2014

Puberty

as Director

2006

Nude Caboose

as Director

2007

2006

Workbook

as Director

2006

Workbook

as Writer

2016

Seances

as Director

2008

My Winnipeg

as Producer

1998

Maldoror: Tygers

as Director

1990

Archangel

as Screenplay

1992

Careful

as Screenplay

2018

The Green Fog

as Director

2005

FuseBoy

as Director

2015

2018

Accidence

as Writer

2018

Accidence

as Director

2015

The Forbidden Room

as Original Music Composer

2000

The Heart of the World

as Director of Photography

2016

Seances

as Writer

1995

The Hands of Ida

as Director

1997

Rooster Workbook

as Producer

1997

1997

Rooster Workbook

as Cinematography

1997

Rooster Workbook

as Director

1997

1997

Zookeeper Workbook

as Cinematography

1997

2001

2020

2020

2020

2005

Audition One

as Director

2005

Chimney Workbook

as Director

2005

Audition Two

as Director

1988

2004

Sissy-Boy Slap-Party

as Cinematography

2007

Odin's Shield Maiden

as Cinematography

2008

Glorious

as Writer

2009

1990

Archangel

as Art Direction

1990

Archangel

as Cinematography

1990

Archangel

as Editor

1990

Archangel

as Sound

2005

Audition Two

as Director of Photography

2005

FuseBoy

as Director of Photography

2006

Nude Caboose

as Writer

2006

Nude Caboose

as Cinematography

2024

Rumours

as Story

-

City Wide Fever

as Executive Producer

2003

Cowards Bend the Knee

as Director of Photography

2004

2004

Sorrowful Shadow

as Director of Photography

2004

2008

Spanky: To the Pier and Back

as Director of Photography

2009

Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

as Director of Photography

1999

1999

1999

Hospital Fragment

as Director of Photography

1999

2004

A Trip to the Orphanage

as Director of Photography

2009

Night Mayor

as Screenplay

2009

Night Mayor

as Director of Photography

2007

2015

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