Jack Darcus
Jack Darcus (born February 22, 1941 in Vancouver ) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, writer and painter.
Darcus studied fine arts and philosophy at the University of British Columbia until 1963 . He then had numerous exhibitions as a painter in Canadian galleries, and from the 1970s also in Europe and the USA. Great Coups of History (1968) was the first of eight feature films he made, most of which he worked as a screenwriter, director and producer at the same time. He has also worked as a director for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Atlantis Films of Toronto, and has taught at the University of British Columbia , the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and the Vancouver Film School . He also wrote three novels.
Filmography
- 1968: Great Coups of History
- 1970: Proxyhawks
- 1975: The Elsewhere War
- 1976: The Deserter (TV series)
- 1982: Deserters
- 1985: Overnight (or: Not Another Dirty Little Movie )
- 1986: Airwaves [2] (joint effort with Susan Martin , Janice Platt , G. Scott LaBarge , Otta Hanus , Steve DiMarco , F. Harvey Frost , Seaton McLean , Richard Flower )
- 1987: Lunch Date , ( The Way We Are , TV series)
- 1988: Kingsgate
- 1992: The Portrait
- 1997: Silence
Web links
- Homepage of Jack Darcus
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Jack Darcus
- Vancouver Arts in the Sixties - People - Jack Darcus
- Jack Darcus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Darcus, Jack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian film director, screenwriter, writer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver |