Marc Almon

Marc Almon is an award-winning filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known for his work as the lead producer of the Canadian feature film Blackbird.[1][2] and for his position as the chair of the filmmakers' organization Screen Nova Scotia.

Career

Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors.[3] He subsequently produced, directed or written a number of award-winning short films, including The Wake of Calum MacLeod [4][5] and D’Unee Rive a l'Autre (director: Maxime Desmons), which have traveled to 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,[6] 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.[7] Blackbird continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013. The film has been sold in a number of international territories via Films Boutique.

In 2013, Almon was named a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood.[8] That year his production Bunker 6 was named best feature film at the Atlantic Film Festival.[9]

In 2015 Almon is the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia.,[10][11] and 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.[12][13]

Also in 2015 he is the executive producer of the film Your Money or Your Wife, filmed in February in Halifax by Shut Up and Deal Films.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "N.S.-shot Blackbird garners national award". By ANDREA NEMETZ Chronicle Herald January 29, 2013
  2. ↑ "Lifelong local friends produce acclaimed new film Blackbird". By Kennedy Gordon, Peterborough Examiner June 13, 2013
  3. ↑ "Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op chooses this year’s Film 5 projects". THE CHRONICLE HERALD, Published January 21, 2015
  4. ↑ "Frightfully good Cape Breton-made flicks". Cape Breton Post, Ken Chisholm October 25, 2013
  5. ↑ "Film Fest Reviews". The Coast, September 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Halifax filmmaker off to Rotterdam Lab". Chronicle Herald
  7. ↑ "Chester filmmaker wins TIFF award for Blackbird". Chronicle Herald.
  8. ↑ "Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars on the Rise in Hollywood". Hollywood Reporter.
  9. ↑ "A critical mass of post-nuke survivors", Chronicle Herald, By ANDREA NEMETZ September 13, 2013
  10. ↑ "Sobering times for Nova Scotia’s film industry ". The Coast.
  11. ↑ "Nova Scotia film industry shrouded in uncertainty under tax incentive". CBC News, By Aly Thomson, The Canadian Press Posted: Jul 31, 2015
  12. ↑ "The Rick Howe Show". News 95.7. Apr 14, 2015
  13. ↑ "Tax credit talks ‘very constructive,’ Screen N.S. chairman says". MICHAEL GORMAN Chronicle Herald. April 22, 2015
  14. ↑ "Cameras roll on indie rom-com Your Money or Your Wife". Playback, by Etan Vlessing, 4 February 2015.
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