Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known his work as the producer of the Canadian feature films Blackbird[1] and Weirdos.
Career
editAlmon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors.[2] He subsequently gained credits as a producer, director and writer on a number of award-winning short films, including The Wake of Calum MacLeod [3][4] and D’Unee Rive a l'Autre (director: Maxime Desmons), which have screened at international film festivals and have aired on CBC, Global, BBC, Bravo! and the Sundance Channel.
Almon was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2008, won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize in 2010,[5] was a finalist for the TIFF Pitch This! competition, and attended the Rotterdam Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training program.
Almon's film Blackbird made its debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian First Feature Award.[6] Blackbird continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013.
In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter named Almon a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood.[7]
In 2015, Almon became the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia,[8][9] an organization which represents Nova Scotia film, television and digital media. In this role he was involved in negotiations with the provincial government about changes to the film tax credit.[10][11]
Marc executive produced the film Your Money or Your Wife [12] in 2015 and produced Weirdos in 2016.
Filmography
edit- Transit (2001)
- The Wake of Calum MacLeod (2006)
- D'une rive à l'autre (2009)
- The Fiddler's Reel (2010)
- Blackbird (2012)
- Your Money or Your Wife (2015)
- Weirdos (2016)
References
edit- ^ "Lifelong local friends produce acclaimed new film Blackbird". By Kennedy Gordon, Peterborough Examiner June 13, 2013
- ^ "Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op chooses this year’s Film 5 projects". THE CHRONICLE HERALD, Published January 21, 2015
- ^ "Frightfully good Cape Breton-made flicks". Cape Breton Post, Ken Chisholm October 25, 2013
- ^ "Film Fest Reviews". The Coast, September 15, 2011.
- ^ "Halifax filmmaker off to Rotterdam Lab". Chronicle Herald
- ^ "Chester filmmaker wins TIFF award for Blackbird". Chronicle Herald.
- ^ "Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars on the Rise in Hollywood". Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Sobering times for Nova Scotia’s film industry ". The Coast.
- ^ "Nova Scotia film industry shrouded in uncertainty under tax incentive". CBC News, By Aly Thomson, The Canadian Press Posted: Jul 31, 2015
- ^ "The Rick Howe Show". News 95.7. Apr 14, 2015
- ^ "Tax credit talks ‘very constructive,’ Screen N.S. chairman says". MICHAEL GORMAN Chronicle Herald. April 22, 2015
- ^ "Cameras roll on indie rom-com Your Money or Your Wife". Playback, by Etan Vlessing, 4 February 2015.