Michael Dowse

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Michael Dowse
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Dowse at South by Southwest 2019
Born (1973-04-19) April 19, 1973 (age 52)
Occupation Film director

Michael Dowse (born April 19, 1973) is a Canadian director.

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Life and career

Born in London, Ontario, to Irish parents, he was trained as a film editor. His first full-length movie, FUBAR was shot on a digital camera with a tiny budget, but was selected by the Sundance Film Festival and screened on the prestigious midnight slot, which had launched the revolutionary film The Blair Witch Project . Though it failed to get picked up by any major American theatrical distributors, FUBAR subsequently became a cult hit in Canada. Following the success of FUBAR, Dowse went on to direct the higher-budget British film It's All Gone Pete Tong , the story of a deaf DJ in Ibiza.

Dowse's next production, the 1980s retro comedy Take Me Home Tonight , started shooting in Phoenix, Arizona on the week beginning 19 February 2007, and was released to theaters on March 4, 2011. [1]

Dowse directed The F Word , starring Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, and Adam Driver.

He has also directed Stuber , starring Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, and Iko Uwais. A film about an encounter between an Uber driver and an almost-blind cop.

He currently resides in Montreal with his wife and children.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2002 FUBAR YesYesYesAlso cinematographer and editor
2004 It's All Gone Pete Tong YesYesNo
2010 Fubar 2 YesYesYesAlso known as FUBAR: Balls to the Wall or FUBAR: Gods of Blunder;
Also editor
2011 Take Me Home Tonight YesNoNo
Goon YesNoNo
2013 The F Word YesNoExecutiveAlso released as What If?
The Grand Seduction NoYesNo
2019 Stuber YesNoNo
2020 Coffee & Kareem YesNoNo
2021 8-Bit Christmas YesNoNo
2025 Trap House YesNoNo

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriter
2000237YesYes
2017Robot BulliesYesNo

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerCreatorNotes
2009 The Foundation YesYesYesYesProduced 1 episode
2016-2017 Man Seeking Woman YesYesNoNoDirected 6 episodes;
Produced 10 episodes
2017 Preacher YesNoNoNoEpisode "Puzzle Piece"
Fubar Age of Computer YesYesExecutiveYesAlso composed opening theme
Future Man YesNoNoNoEpisodes "Prelude to an Apocalypse" and "A Date with Destiny"

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
1998"Chupacabras" Chixdiggit
2000"Slow Descent into Alcoholism" The New Pornographers
"Letter from an Occupant"
2003"Your Daddy Don't Know"
"The Kid Is Hot Tonight" Chixdiggit
"In the Mood" Sloan
"FUBAR Is a Super Rocker" Thor
"Diamond Head" The New Pornographers

Other credits

YearTitleRole
1999Bad MoneyEditor
2000 waydowntown Assistant editor
2001Mile Zero
2002Looking for LeonardEditor
2009 You Might as Well Live Executive producer

Awards and nominations

Russell Peters awards and nominations
Wins4
Nominations17
YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
2003 FUBAR Genie Awards Best Achievement in Editing Nominated
2004 It's All Gone Pete Tong Toronto International Film Festival Awards Best Canadian Film Won
2005Gen Art Film Festival AwardsAudience Award - Best FeatureWon
Best FeatureWon
US Comedy Arts Festival AwardsFilm Discovery Jury Award - Best FeatureWon
2006 Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2010 FUBAR 2 Toronto International Film Festival Awards People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness Nominated
2011 SXSW Film Festival Awards Audience Award - Spotlight PremiereNominated
2012 Goon Directors Guild of Canada Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature FilmNominated
2012 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Rogers Best Canadian Film Award Nominated
2012 Canadian Screen Awards Best Director Nominated
2014 The Grand Seduction Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
The F Word Best Director Nominated
2014 Directors Guild of Canada Awards Best Direction in a Feature FilmNominated
Best Feature FilmNominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Rogers Best Canadian Film Award Nominated

References

  1. Faris, Fogler "Kids" again in comedy film Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Reuters, February 8, 2007.