Gavin Michael Booth | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupations | |
Years active | 2004–present |
Notable work | |
Spouse | Sarah Booth (m. 2012) |
Awards | List of Awards |
Website | gavinmichaelbooth |
Gavin Michael Booth (born 29 November 1987) is a Canadian filmmaker and music video director known for the films Last Call and The Scarehouse .
Early in his career, Booth produced short films and music videos, including the music videos for The Afters' "Light Up the Sky" and Hunter Brothers' "Those Were the Nights." [1] [2] [3] He worked with SYML and Third Eye Blind before working with Blumhouse Productions [4] on a film titled Fifteen, the first horror film broadcast live on Periscope and Twitter. [5]
Booth later produced The Scarehouse with Universal Pictures [6] and Last Call , a single take split-screen film. [3] For the latter film, Booth won the award for Best Director at the 2019 Portland Film Festival. [7] In 2023, he was named an Honorary Chairperson for that year's Beloit International Film Festival. [8] He is currently in development on his next film, Sydney vs. Sean, which will star Janel Parrish (who will also serve as producer) and T. R. Knight. [9]
In 2012, Booth married Sarah Booth, who starred in the lead role of his film Last Call.
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
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2005 | Leaving Town [10] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed, co-produced, co-wrote and co-edited with Michael Drouillard |
2006 | Do Not Disturb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed and co-edited with Navin Ramaswaran; also co-cinematographer |
2007 | A Most Useless Place | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also cinematographer |
2011 | Silent but Deadly | No | No | Yes | No | Associate producer |
2014 | The Scarehouse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [6] |
2015 | Fifteen | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Short film produced by Jason Blum [11] [5] |
2019 | Last Call | Yes | co-writer | Yes | Yes | [11] [3] [12] |
TBA | Sydney vs. Sean† | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [13] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Event | Year | Award | Title | Result | Ref. |
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New York City Horror Film Festival | 2014 | Best Feature | The Scarehouse | Won | [14] |
Portland Film Festival | 2019 | Best Director | Last Call | Won | [7] |
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