Mark Slutsky

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Mark Slutsky
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Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2000s–present

Mark Slutsky is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game director from Montreal, Quebec. [1] He is best known for the 2022 film You Can Live Forever , which he co-directed and co-wrote with Sarah Watts. [2]

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Career

Previously a film critic for the Montreal Mirror , [3] he made his debut as a filmmaker as codirector with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter of the comedy mockumentary film The Recommendations in 2005. [4] The three subsequently collaborated on the screenplay for the 2010 film Peepers , which was directed by Owen. [5]

He subsequently wrote and directed a number of short films, [6] and cowrote Yung Chang's documentary film The Fruit Hunters , [7] before collaborating with Watts on You Can Live Forever, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022. [8]

Filmography

Awards

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
Canadian Comedy Awards 2011 Best Writing in a Film Peepers
with Seth W. Owen, Daniel Perlmutter		Nominated [9]
Canadian Screen Awards 2020 Best Video Game NarrativeWe Happy Few: Lightbearer
with Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter		Nominated [10]
2021 We Happy Few: We All Fall Down
with Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter		Won [11]
Directors Guild of Canada 2022 DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film You Can Live Forever
with Sarah Watts		Nominated [12]

References

  1. ↑ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Montrealers go viral with lesbian Jehovah’s Witness teen love story". Montreal Gazette , March 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ Power, Tom (May 12, 2023). "Filmmakers Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky on their new movie You Can Live Forever". CBC Arts . Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Critics brave wrath of, well, the critics". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , September 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Murray Whyte, "Invoking Hollywood glory on nickel and dime; Trio makes movies that bid to entertain, for pizza money Automatic Vaudeville up to 50 films". Toronto Star , February 9, 2005.
  5. ↑ Matthew Hays, "Quebec comics star in Peepers". Playback , December 15, 2008.
  6. ↑ Brendan Kelly, "Did you hear the one about ...?; Put a non-practising Jew together with a group of Hassidim, and Mark Slutsky finds comedy". Montreal Gazette , June 18, 2011.
  7. ↑ "The Fruit Hunters: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . May 15, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (June 7, 2022). "'You Can Live Forever' Trailer: First Look At Canadian LGBTQIA+ Drama In Tribeca's Viewpoints Lineup". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ Brendan Kelly, "Two Montreal films, Peepers and Good Neighbours, lead the race for the Canadian Comedy Awards". Montreal Gazette , June 10, 2011.
  10. ↑ Alex Dudok de Wit, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: All The Animation Nominees". Cartoon Brew , February 20, 2020.
  11. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (April 4, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards: Animation, VFX & Digital Media Nominees". Animation Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  12. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (September 23, 2022). "DGC Awards: 'Nightmare Alley,' 'Crimes of the Future,' 'Night Raiders' Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved April 9, 2025.
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