Arto Paragamian

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Arto Paragamian
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1993–present

Arto Paragamian is a Canadian film director and writer known for Two Thousand and None (2000), Because Why (1993) and Cosmos (1996). As a Concordia University undergraduate, Paragamian won the Norman McLaren Award (at the time the top Canadian student film prize) for two consecutive years with A Fish Story (1987) and Across the Street (1988). [1] [2]

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