Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film The Childeater and the feature film Rupert's Land . The Childeater was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, [1] and Rupert's Land was a Genie Award nominee for Best Picture at the 19th Genie Awards, with Tammuz also nominated for Best Director. [2]
The son of Israeli writer Benjamin Tammuz, he grew up in England where his father was a cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy and a writer in residence at Oxford University. He met and married Lib Stephen, a Canadian, when they were both studying at England's National Film and Television School; Stephen was the screenwriter for both The Childeater and Tammuz's film Cordoba. [1] Tammuz subsequently directed a 1997 film adaptation of his father's novel Minotaur before making Rupert's Land. [3]
Tammuz and Stephen currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they are partners in a production firm; Tammuz is also a film instructor at Langara College and Stephen also works as an illustrator.
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Producer |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | The Child Eater | Yes | No |
1998 | House Arrest | No | Yes |
1999 | All American Hero | No | Yes |
2000 | Abe's Manhood | No | Yes |
2012 | A Mother's Love | No | Yes |
2015 | 50/50 | Yes | No |
2019 | Heard from Above | Yes | Yes |
2023 | Bet Your Bottom Dollar | No | Yes |
2025 | Whispers of Freedom | No | Yes |
Feature film
Year | Title | Director | Producer |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Streets of Yesterday | No | Yes |
1997 | Minotaur | Yes | No |
1998 | Rupert's Land | Yes | No |
2019 | Red Snow | No | Yes |
Television
Year | Title | Note |
---|---|---|
2003 | Street Time | Episode "Brothers" |
Year | Body | Award | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Live Action Short Film (62nd Academy Awards) | The Child Eater | Nominated | [4] |
Chicago International Film Festival | Golden Hugo Award | Nominated | [5] | ||
1999 | Genie Awards | Best Achievement in Direction | Rupert's Land | Nominated | [6] |
Leo Awards | Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama | Nominated | [7] | ||
2012 | Lucerne International Film Festival | Production of Short Film | A Mother's Love | Nominated | |
2019 | Edmonton International Film Festival | Canadian Feature Award | Red Snow | Won | [8] |
2023 | Sweden Film Awards | Best Producer | Bet Your Bottom Dollar | Won | [9] |
Tatras International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Nominated | [10] | ||
Movie Play International Film Festival | Nominated | [11] | |||
EdiPlay International Film Festival | Nominated |
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