Michael Jones (writer)

Michael Jones (born 1944)[1] is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, whose credits include the films The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, Secret Nation and Congratulations.[2] He garnered two Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards for Faustus Bidgood, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing.[3]

He is the brother of comedic actors Andy Jones and Cathy Jones.[1][4] He has also had minor acting roles in all of his films, including as a French teacher in Faustus Bidgood[2] and as the voice of Leo Cryptus in Secret Nation.[5] He was not a performing member of CODCO, the comedy troupe with which Andy and Cathy Jones were associated, but was a frequent director of their stage show and television series.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Wyndham Wise, Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2015. Entry "Jones, Mike, Andy and Cathy".
  2. 1 2 "Keeping up with the Joneses: It's taken 10 years but Michael Jones has finished his epic, Faustus Bidgood". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1986.
  3. ↑ "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987.
  4. ↑ "It took 10 years, but Faustus Bidgood has arrived". The Globe and Mail, August 20, 1986.
  5. ↑ "Secret Nation's lost Newfoundland". Toronto Star, January 8, 1993.
  6. ↑ "Secret Nation is a conspiracy movie with a farcical twist". Montreal Gazette, September 26, 1993.

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