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Canadian filmmaker
Galen Johnson is a Canadian filmmaker from
Winnipeg ,
Manitoba , most noted for his frequent collaborations with
Guy Maddin .
[1] He was a
Canadian Screen Award nominee for
Best Art Direction/Production Design at the
4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for his work on Maddin's
The Forbidden Room .
[2]
He and his brother
Evan Johnson were also codirectors of Maddin's short films
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015),
[3]
Seances (2016),
[4]
The Green Fog (2017),
[5]
Accidence (2018),
[6]
Stump the Guesser (2020)
[7] and The Rabbit Hunters (2020).
In 2020, Johnson released the experimental short film Thursday , which was shot entirely from his and Evan's bedroom windows during the lockdown phase of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada .
[1]
References
^
a
b Randall King,
"From a distance: Winnipegger's short film, shot from an apartment window, captures eerily silent city of pandemic's early days" .
Winnipeg Free Press , August 24, 2020.
^
"2016 Canadian Screen Awards: All the nominees" .
Hello! Canada , January 19, 2016.
^ James Adams,
"War epic Hyena Road’s ‘making-of’ film has a unique take" .
The Globe and Mail , October 9, 2015.
^ Robert Everett-Green,
"Seances: Guy Maddin’s film generator is an endless cinematic experience" .
The Globe and Mail , May 2, 2016.
^ Eric Kohn (April 15, 2017).
" 'Vertigo' Revisited: Guy Maddin Explores Hitchcock's Classic With Found Footage — SF International Film Festival" . IndieWire .
^ Jessica Kiang,
"Berlin: Behind the Scenes With Guy Maddin’s ‘Accidence’" .
Variety , February 26, 2018.
^ Mindy Bond,
"Canadian Auteur Guy Maddin World Premiering New Film at 2020 Berlinale" . The Culture Files , February 25, 2020.
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