Stunt People

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Stunt People
Directed by Lois Siegel
Written by Kevin Tierney
Produced byLois Siegel
Starring.
Edited byLois Siegel
Music byAndré Vincelli
Production
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Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Stunt People is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Lois Siegel and released in 1989. [1] The film profiles the Fourniers, a family of Canadian stunt performers, through a blend of interview segments and clips of their performances in films. [1]

Siegel had previously made a shorter three-minute film, Stunt Family, about the Fourniers for the National Film Board of Canada's Canada Vignettes series in 1979. [2]

The film was the winner of the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990, [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Jim Levesque, "Lois Siegel's Stunt People". Cinema Canada , November 1989.
  2. Martha Jones, "Introducing Lois Siegel: Overdosed on energy". Cinema Canada , January/February 1979.
  3. Jay Scott, "Jesus swept: an even dozen Genies". The Globe and Mail , March 21, 1990.