John Zaritsky

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John Zaritsky (* 1943 in St. Catharines , Ontario ) is a Canadian screenwriter , director and film producer .

Life

Zaritsky studied at the University of Toronto and then worked as a newspaper reporter. In 1970 he received a grant from the Ford Foundation to study at the Washington Journalism Center. For his first directorial work, A Student Has Disappeared , in which he also worked as a producer, he received an Oscar in 1983 . Three years later he received the Genie Award , Canada's most important film award , for Tears Are Not Enough . Between 2005 and 2008 he was nominated three times for the Gemini Award , of which he won the award twice.

His documentary Right to Die? , which has active euthanasia as its theme, caused a worldwide sensation in 2008.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1981: A student has disappeared ( Just Another Missing Kid , (director and producer))
  • 1985: Tears Are Not Enough (Director)
  • 1990–2010: Frontline (direction, screenplay and production)
  • 2001: Ski Bums (Director)
  • 2004: College Days, College Nights (Director)
  • 2007: The Suicide Tourist (Director, Screenplay, and Production)
  • 2007: The Wild Horse Redemption (Director, Screenplay, and Production)
  • 2010: Leave Them Laughing (Direction and Production)
  • 2012: Do You Really Want to Know? (Director)

Awards

  • 1983: Oscar for a student has disappeared
  • 1986: Genie Award nomination for Tears Are Not Enough
  • 2005: Gemini Award for College Days, College Nights
  • 2007: Gemini Award nomination for The Suicide Tourist
  • 2008: Gemini Award for The Suicide Tourist

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ pointgreypictures.com ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pointgreypictures.com
  2. ↑ Report by The Guardian (English)
  3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Report of The New Zealand Herald (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nzherald.co.nz
  4. ^ Report of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
personal data
SURNAME Zaritsky, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian screenwriter, director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Catharines , Ontario