Reese Eveneshen

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Reese Eveneshen is a Canadian film director and screenwriter based in Guelph, Ontario, [1] most noted as co-director with Gabriel Carrer of the 2020 film For the Sake of Vicious . [2]

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He was born and spent part of his childhood in Edmonton, Alberta, before moving to Guelph as a teenager. [3] He attracted his first major attention when, in 2006, he embarked on a project to film an independent remake of the classic horror film Night of the Living Dead on a budget of just $100. [4]

He followed up in 2010 with the original zombie film Dead Genesis. [5] He then made a number of short films, winning a screenplay accelerator award at the Canadian Film Festival in 2013, [6] before releasing his third feature film, the science fiction thriller Defective, in 2017. [7]

In 2022, following For the Love of Vicious, he joined Federgreen Entertainment as head of development. [8]

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References

  1. Thana Dharmarajah, "Local director tackles classic horror film". Guelph Mercury , October 31, 2006.
  2. Phil Hoad, "For the Sake of Vicious review – ugly home-invasion thriller whose title says it all" The Guardian , April 12, 2021.
  3. "An Independent Film Transformed a Brantford Warehouse Space into a Movie Set". Advantage Brantford, April 18, 2019.
  4. Justin Dmitruk, "This classic won't die; Armed with a good imagination, a fascination with zombies and $100, a young Guelph man remade the low-budget cult classic, The Night of the Living Dead". Guelph Mercury , March 31, 2007.
  5. Brad Miska, "Watch the First Five Minutes of ‘Dead Genesis’". Bloody Disgusting , June 27, 2011.
  6. "Local film company lands partner". Guelph Tribune , November 6, 2014.
  7. Red Stewart, "Movie Review – Defective (2017)". Flickering Myth, January 24, 2018.
  8. Kelly Townsend, "Federgreen Entertainment adds head of development". Playback , August 2, 2022.