Michael Dowse | |
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 Dowse at South by Southwest 2019 | |
| Born | April 19, 1973 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Film director |
Michael Dowse (born April 19, 1973) is a Canadian director.
Michael Dowse | |
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| Dowse at South by Southwest 2019 | |
| Born | April 19, 1973 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Film director |
Michael Dowse (born April 19, 1973) is a Canadian director.
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.
In 2025, he began filming on The Stunt Driver , a historical fact-based film based on stuntman Ken Carter. [2] [3]
He currently resides in Montreal with his wife and children.
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2002 | FUBAR | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also cinematographer and editor |
| 2004 | It's All Gone Pete Tong | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2010 | Fubar 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also known as FUBAR: Balls to the Wall or FUBAR: Gods of Blunder; Also editor |
| 2011 | Take Me Home Tonight | Yes | No | No | |
| Goon | Yes | No | No | ||
| 2013 | The F Word | Yes | No | Executive | Also released as What If? |
| The Grand Seduction | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2019 | Stuber | Yes | No | No | |
| 2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Yes | No | No | |
| 2021 | 8-Bit Christmas | Yes | No | No | |
| 2025 | Trap House | Yes | No | No | |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
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| 2000 | 237 | Yes | Yes |
| 2017 | Robot Bullies | Yes | No |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes |
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| 2009 | The Foundation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Produced 1 episode |
| 2016-2017 | Man Seeking Woman | Yes | Yes | No | No | Directed 6 episodes; Produced 10 episodes |
| 2017 | Preacher | Yes | No | No | No | Episode "Puzzle Piece" |
| Fubar Age of Computer | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Also composed opening theme | |
| Future Man | Yes | No | No | No | Episodes "Prelude to an Apocalypse" and "A Date with Destiny" |
| Year | Title | Artist |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1999 | Bad Money | Editor |
| 2000 | waydowntown | Assistant editor |
| 2001 | Mile Zero | |
| 2002 | Looking for Leonard | Editor |
| 2009 | You Might as Well Live | Executive producer |
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| Wins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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