Guy Maddin
79 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Feb 28, 1956 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Winnipeg, Canada
- Also known as
- Gajs Madins
Biography
Guy Maddin CM OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated film-makers. Maddin has directed eleven feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews with Maddin and two book-length academic studies of his work. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 4.8 Rumours
2024 · Film
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★ 6.9 My Winnipeg
2008 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Heart of the World
2000 · Film
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★ 5.6 The Forbidden Room
2015 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Film
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★ 6.6 Brand Upon the Brain!
2007 · Film
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★ 5.5 Archangel
1990 · Film
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★ 6.7 Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
2002 · Film
Guy Maddin: movies and TV shows
Acting (14)
- Upcoming The Triangular Door
as Narrator
- 2026
- 2022 Horse Brothers
as Anton the Horse (voice)
- 2019 J.T. LeRoy
as Reader
- 2017
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014 Louis Riel for Dinner
as Narrator
- 2008
- 2008 My Winnipeg
as Narrator (voice)
- 2007
- 2000 Nostradamus
as Waiter Joe
- 1983 The International Style
as Nurse
- 1982 Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
as Student
Behind the camera (68)
- Upcoming Nightingale
Director, Writer
- 2026 City Wide Fever
Executive Producer
- 2024 Rumours
Director, Story
- 2022
- 2021 Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Graphic Designer
- 2020 The Rabbit Hunters
Screenplay, Director
- 2020 Stump the Guesser
Director, Writer
- 2018 Accidence
Director, Writer
- 2018 The Green Fog
Director
- 2015 The Forbidden Room
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
- 2015 Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
Director
- 2015 Once a Chicken
Director
- 2015 Lines of the Hand
Director
- 2014 The Hall Runner
Director
- 2014 Puberty
Director
- 2014 Colours
Director
- 2014 Elms
Director
- 2014 Cold
Director
- 2013 Invisible World
Director
- 2012 Only Dream Things
Director
- 2011 Keyhole
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2010 Sinclair
Director
- 2009 How to Take a Bath
Director
- 2009 The Little White Cloud That Cried
Director
- 2009 Night Mayor
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- 2009 Experiments in Terror 3
Director
- 2009 Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2008 Glorious
Director, Writer
- 2008 Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2008 My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Director, Producer
- 2008 Footsteps
Cinematography, Director
- 2008 It's My Mother's Birthday Today
Director
- 2008 My Winnipeg
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2007 Berlin
Director
- 2007 Brand Upon the Brain!
Director, Writer
- 2007 Odin's Shield Maiden
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- 2007 Lullaby
Director
- 2006 My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Director
- 2006 Nude Caboose
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2006 Workbook
Director, Writer
- 2005 Audition One
Director
- 2005 Audition Two
Director, Director of Photography
- 2005 Chimney Workbook
Director
- 2005 FuseBoy
Director, Director of Photography
- 2004 Sorrowful Shadow
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2004 Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Director, Camera Operator, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- 2004 A Trip to the Orphanage
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2003 The Saddest Music in the World
Director, Writer
- 2003 Cowards Bend the Knee
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2002 Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Director
- 2002 Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Director
- 2001 Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
- 2001 It's a Wonderful Life
Director
- 2000 Preludes
Director
- 2000 The Heart of the World
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 1999 Hospital Fragment
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 1998 The Cock Crew
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1998 Maldoror: Tygers
Director
- 1997 Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Director
- 1997 Rooster Workbook
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Producer
- 1997 Zookeeper Workbook
Director, Writer, Cinematography
- 1995 Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Director, Screenplay
- 1995 The Hands of Ida
Director
- 1992 Careful
Editor, Production Design, Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- 1991 Indigo High-Hatters
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- 1990 Archangel
Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor, Art Direction, Sound
- 1988 Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
- 1985 The Dead Father
Director, Writer
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
1 episode
- 2021
- 2016
- 2009
- 2008
- 2000
- 1997