Alex Pugsley

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Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, [1] most noted for directing the 2014 film Dirty Singles . [2]

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In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published Kay Darling, an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will. [3]

As a filmmaker, he directed the short films The Pargonopers (1997), James O'Reilly in Parkdale (1997), [4] and Fidelio (1998). [5] He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series My Best Friend Is an Alien , Liocracy , [6] The Eleventh Hour , The Gavin Crawford Show , [7] The Jane Show , [8] Baxter , [9] 15/Love , Life with Derek and Hudson & Rex . [10]

His solo debut novel, Aubrey McKee, was published in 2020. [11] He followed up with the short story collection Shimmer in 2022. [12]

Awards

He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for the My Best Friend Is an Alien episode "I Am Larrabe Hicks!", and a nomination alongside Sean Reycraft for Best Writing in a Drama Series at the 18th Gemini Awards in 2003 for the Eleventh Hour episode "Shelter".

Along with Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen and Cathy Gordon, he is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee for his work on The Gavin Crawford Show.

He won the Journey Prize in 2012 for his short story "Crisis on Earth-X". [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Allison Lawlor, "Pugsley sets debut coming-of-age novel in Halifax". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , July 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dirty Singles: Novelist, TV writer Pugsley turns director". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , November 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ Andy Lamey, "Toronto novel reads like sociological tract". The Globe and Mail , May 21, 1994.
  4. ↑ Jennie Punter, "Anything goes at shorts fest". Toronto Star , May 29, 1998.
  5. ↑ "Short films to air". The Daily Gleaner , April 2, 1998.
  6. ↑ Marla Cranston, "Liocracy premiere tomorrow". Halifax Daily News , November 10, 2002.
  7. ↑ Peggy Curran, "Sketch comedy drawn well". Montreal Gazette , February 12, 2002.
  8. ↑ "THE JANE SHOW - A Global Television Series Premiere". Canada NewsWire , May 15, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Family Channel gets an education in the performing arts with premiere of new original series, Baxter". Canada NewsWire , May 11, 2010.
  10. ↑ Greg David, "Hudson & Rex showrunner Derek Schreyer teases Season 2". TV, eh?, September 23, 2019.
  11. ↑ Brett Josef Grubisic, "Set in Halifax: Exuberant, freewheeling stories about the insanity of being human". Toronto Star , June 19, 2020.
  12. ↑ "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Nanaimo writer wins Rogers fiction prize". Victoria Times-Colonist , November 8, 2012.
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