Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known his work as the producer of the Canadian feature films Blackbird [1] and Weirdos.
Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known his work as the producer of the Canadian feature films Blackbird [1] and Weirdos.
Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors. [2] He subsequently gained credits as a producer, director and writer on a number of award-winning short films, including The Wake of Calum MacLeod [3] [4] and D’Unee Rive a l'Autre (director: Maxime Desmons), which have screened at international film festivals and have aired on CBC, Global, BBC, Bravo! and the Sundance Channel.
Almon was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2008, won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize in 2010, [5] was a finalist for the TIFF Pitch This! competition, and attended the Rotterdam Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training program.
Almon's film Blackbird made its debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian First Feature Award. [6] Blackbird continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013.
In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter named Almon a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood. [7]
In 2015, Almon became the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia, [8] [9] an organization which represents Nova Scotia film, television and digital media. In this role he was involved in negotiations with the provincial government about changes to the film tax credit. [10] [11]
Marc executive produced the film Your Money or Your Wife [12] in 2015 and produced Weirdos in 2016.
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