Michael McGowan (director)
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Michael McGowan (born April 14, 1966) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the feature films Saint Ralph, One Week, Score: A Hockey Musical, and Still Mine.
Early life
McGowan was born in Toronto, Ontario, but graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in English.
Career
Returning to Toronto he became a journalist, writing for publications such as Quill & Quire,[1] Toronto Life and The Globe and Mail.
He then joined the TV industry, helping create the stop-motion children's TV show Henry's World, and then wrote and directed Saint Ralph in 2004, for which he won the Outstanding Achievement in Direction award from the Directors Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of Canada award for Best Feature Film.
His film Score: A Hockey Musical was chosen to open the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.
Filmography
- My Dog Vincent (1998)
- Saint Ralph (2004)
- Left Coast (2008, TV)
- One Week (2008)
- Vacation with Derek (2010, TV)
- Score: A Hockey Musical[2] (2010)
- Still Mine (2012)
- All My Puny Sorrows (2021)
Television
References
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External links
- Michael McGowan at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Biography at tribute.ca
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- 1966 births
- 20th-century Canadian screenwriters
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian children's writers
- Film producers from Ontario
- Canadian male screenwriters
- Film directors from Toronto
- Living people
- Screenwriters from Toronto
- Canadian Screen Award winning directors