Kelly Makin

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Kelly Makin
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Occupation(s) Film director, television director

Kelly Makin is a Canadian television and film director. [1] He directed episodes of The Kids in the Hall comedy television series [2] and also directed several episodes of Queer as Folk including the series finale. More recently, Makin has directed episodes of Flashpoint , Less Than Kind , Death Comes to Town , and Vikings . He also directed four episodes of House Party , [3] two episodes of Being Erica and Nurses . In 2020 and 2021, he had directed four episodes of Burden of Truth . [4] [5]

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His film work includes Tiger Claws , National Lampoon's Senior Trip , [6] Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy , [7] and Mickey Blue Eyes . [8] [9]

Makin was bestowed a rare honor in 2009 by winning Gemini Awards for direction in two different categories: comedy series and dramatic series.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kelly Makin » Directors Guild of Canada". www.dgc.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Kelly Makin". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Willis to go Wild in Winnipeg" by Cheryl Binning at playbackonline.ca
  4. ↑ "Burden of Truth rolls in Winnipeg for season three" by Kelly Townsend at playbackonline.ca
  5. ↑ "Burden of Truth back on the case in Winnipeg" by Lauren Malyk at playbackonline.ca
  6. ↑ National Lampoon’s Senior Trip review at variety.com
  7. ↑ Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy review by Leonard Klady at variety.com
  8. ↑ Holden, Stephen (August 20, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; This Refined Briton, To Wed a Mafia Doll, Goes to a Trattoria . . ". The New York Times .
  9. ↑ Mickey Blue Eyes review by Lael Loewenstein at variety.com
  10. ↑ "Flashpoint leads Gemini Award nominations with 15 nods" by Melissa Leong at torontosun.com