Keith Behrman

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Keith Behrman (born April 1, 1963, in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian film and television director and writer, [1] who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2003 for his debut film Flower & Garnet . [2]

Behrman also won the Vancouver International Film Festival's Telefilm Canada Award for best emerging Western Canadian feature film director in 2002, [3] and the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2002. [4]

His second feature film, Giant Little Ones , premiered in 2018. [5]

Behrman also wrote and directed the short films Thomas, White Cloud, Blue Mountain, [6] Ernest and Cape Breton Highlands , [7] and has directed episodes of the television series Da Vinci's Inquest , [2] Godiva's , This Is Wonderland , and The Stagers .

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References

  1. "Vancouver director wins Jutra Award for feature". Vancouver Sun , January 15, 2003.
  2. 1 2 "Vancouver's Behrman wins Jutra Award". The Globe and Mail , January 15, 20003.
  3. "Festival draws 150,000 viewers: Downtown presence, more screenings credited with increase over last year's 140,000". Vancouver Sun , October 12, 2002.
  4. "Lots to love in Canada's films: Judges select country's top 10". Vancouver Sun , January 22, 2003.
  5. "Lady Gaga, Julia Roberts, and Hugh Jackman lead TIFF’s 2018 lineup". The Globe and Mail , July 24, 2018.
  6. "Egoyan film to open festival". Vancouver Sun , July 30, 1997.
  7. "Film celebrates national parks through images and music". Waterloo Region Record , June 30, 2011.