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Ross Weber is a Canadian film director and editor from Vancouver, British Columbia. [1]

Weber's first major film credit was as the writer of the screenplay for The Michelle Apartments . [2] He subsequently worked for a number of years as an editor, receiving a Genie Award nomination for Best Editing at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, for his work on Last Wedding . [3] His other editing credits included the films Live Bait , Dirty , Daydrift, Various Positions and Moving Malcolm .

His first film as a director, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed , was released in 2000. [4] He won the award for Best Emerging Western Canadian Director at the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival. [5] He followed up in 2006 with Mount Pleasant , [6] for which he won the Leo Award for Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama in 2007. [7]

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References

  1. Glen Schaefer, "Director's way of giving something back". Vancouver Sun , January 25, 2007.
  2. Paul DeLean, "Atmosphere is key to The Michelle Apartments". Montreal Gazette , April 12, 1996.
  3. "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star , December 13, 2001.
  4. Ken Eisner, "No More Monkeys Jumping On The Bed". Variety , November 12, 2000.
  5. "Vancouver directors score at film fest". Vancouver Sun , October 7, 2000.
  6. Katherine Monk, "Director probes community clashes". Victoria Times-Colonist , February 14, 2007.
  7. Yvonne Zacharias, "Best in film, TV honoured". Vancouver Sun , June 4, 2007.