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Larry Weinstein

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Birth 1 january 1956 (68 years)

Larry Weinstein (né en 1956 à Toronto) est un réalisateur de films documentaires canadien, directeur de théâtre et de télévision. La majorité de ses films est centré sur des sujets musicaux et la représentation du processus de création, alors que ses autres sujets vont de l'horreur de la guerre aux plaisirs du football.

Biography

Weinstein commene à faire des films alors qu'il est adolescent, tout en fréquentant l'école secondaire d'Earl Haig. Il fréquente ensuite l'école de cinéma de l'Université York. Puis il fait équipe avec Barbara Willis Sweete et Niv Fichman pour la fondation de Rhombus Media, en 1979.

Les débuts en tant que metteur en scène de Weinstein, ont lieu en 1984, avec Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra Faire des ouvertures : L'Histoire d'une Communauté de l'Orchestre, un court métrage de 28 minutes, nominé pour un Academy Award du meilleur documentaire court et remporte le tout premier Gemini Award du Meilleur documentaire au Canada Plus connu pour des projets autour de la musique classique tels que le cerveau de Ravel, les cheveux de Beethoven et de Mozartballs (ou Mozartbonbons), Weinstein réalise 36 films qui remportent des dizaines de prix partout dans le monde, notamment trois Emmy Awards (et plusieurs autres nominations aux Emmy) et 12 Canadian Screen/Gemini Awards personnels, ainsi que des grands prix au Canada, aux États-unis, en France, en République tchèque, au Mexique et en Australie.

Ses films sont diffusés dans plus de 40 pays et son œuvre a été l'objet de nombreuses rétrospectives international du film, notamment celles du Festival international canadien du documentaire Hot Docs, du Festival international du film de Jakarta en Indonésie, au Doc-Aviv en Israël, au MOFFOM (Music on Film-Film on Music, soit : musique sur film-film sur la musique) en République tchèque, au Regard de son en Allemagne, à l'Impara L’Arte en Italie, au Festival du film de la Havane à Cuba et un récent hommage au TIFF Bell Lightbox de Toronto. L'Université York de Toronto, lui a décerné un doctorat honorifique.

En 2015, Weinstein fonde Larry Weinstein Productions et sa société de distribution, Dead Cow International. En 2016, The Devil's Horn un documentaire de Weinstein est créé au Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinéma. Ses autres films de 2016, Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star, est un documentaire sur Leslie Caron, est créé à la TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Usually with

Niv Fichman
Niv Fichman
(6 films)
Don McKellar
Don McKellar
(2 films)
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
(1 films)
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Larry Weinstein (9 films)

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Director

Our Man in Tehran
Directed by Larry Weinstein
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Rating73% 3.666863.666863.666863.666863.66686

Producer

Gunless
Gunless (2010)
, 1h29
Directed by William Phillips
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Paul Gross, Sienna Guillory, Dustin Milligan, Callum Keith Rennie, Graham Greene, Tyler Mane
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.199253.199253.199253.199253.19925
In 1878 a hardened American gunfighter arrives in a small town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, a place that doesn't understand or appreciate the brutal code of the American Wild West.
Blindness
Blindness (2008)
, 2h
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about disabilities, Political films, Dystopian films, La cécité, Disaster films
Actors Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Danny Glover, Yoshino Kimura, Alice Braga
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2501153.2501153.2501153.2501153.250115
In an unnamed city, a young Japanese professional (Yusuke Iseya) is suddenly struck blind for no apparent reason. The Japanese man is approached by a few concerned people, one of whom (Don McKellar) offers to drive him home, and later steals his car. The blinded man describes his sudden affliction: an expanse of dazzling white, as though he is "swimming in milk".
The Saddest Music in the World, 1h40
Directed by Guy Maddin
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Mafia films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Darcy Fehr
Roles Associate Producer
Rating69% 3.4986653.4986653.4986653.4986653.498665
During the Great depression in 1933 in Winnipeg, Canada, baroness Helen Port-Huntley (Isabella Rossellini) announces a competition to find the saddest music in the world, as a publicity stunt to promote her company, Muskeg Beer, as Prohibition is about to end in the United States. The prize is $25,000 "Depression-era dollars" and musicians from all over the world pour into Winnipeg to compete. Chester Kent (Mark McKinney), a failing Broadway producer, decides to enter the contest representing America, even though he is Canadian and originally from Winnipeg. An old fortune teller predicts his doom, but Chester mocks this prediction by having his nymphomaniac amnesiac girlfriend Narcissa (Maria de Medeiros) masturbate him. Also entering the contest are Chester's father Fyodor (David Fox), representing Canada, and his brother Roderick (Ross McMillan), representing Serbia as "Gavrilo the Great" (even though he is also Canadian).

Team

Stories We Tell, 1h49
Directed by Sarah Polley
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Sarah Polley, Rebecca Jenkins, Tom Butler, Allie MacDonald, Lani Billard, Christine Horne
Roles Thanks
Rating74% 3.7462453.7462453.7462453.7462453.746245
The film looks at the relationship between Polley's parents, Michael and Diane Polley, including the revelation that the filmmaker was the product of an extramarital affair between her mother and Montreal producer Harry Gulkin. It incorporates interviews with Polley's siblings from her mother's two marriages, interviews with other relatives and family friends, Michael Polley's narration of his memoir, and Super-8 footage shot to look like home movies of historical events in her family's life. The cast in the Super-8 re-creations includes Rebecca Jenkins, who plays Diane – who had died of cancer, on January 10, 1990—the week of Polley's 11th birthday.