Galen Johnson (filmmaker)

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Galen Johnson is a Canadian filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba, most noted for his frequent collaborations with Guy Maddin. [1] He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for his work on Maddin's The Forbidden Room . [2]

He and his brother Evan Johnson were also codirectors of Maddin's short films Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015), [3] Seances (2016), [4] The Green Fog (2017), [5] Accidence (2018), [6] Stump the Guesser (2020) [7] and The Rabbit Hunters (2020).

In 2020, Johnson released the experimental short film Thursday, which was shot entirely from his and Evan's bedroom windows during the lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Randall King, "From a distance: Winnipegger's short film, shot from an apartment window, captures eerily silent city of pandemic's early days". Winnipeg Free Press , August 24, 2020.
  2. "2016 Canadian Screen Awards: All the nominees". Hello! Canada , January 19, 2016.
  3. James Adams, "War epic Hyena Road’s ‘making-of’ film has a unique take". The Globe and Mail , October 9, 2015.
  4. Robert Everett-Green, "Seances: Guy Maddin’s film generator is an endless cinematic experience". The Globe and Mail , May 2, 2016.
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  6. Jessica Kiang, "Berlin: Behind the Scenes With Guy Maddin’s ‘Accidence’". Variety , February 26, 2018.
  7. Mindy Bond, "Canadian Auteur Guy Maddin World Premiering New Film at 2020 Berlinale". The Culture Files, February 25, 2020.