Jonathan Tammuz
Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film The Childeater and the feature film Rupert's Land. The Childeater was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, and Rupert's Land was a Genie Award nominee for Best Picture at the 19th Genie Awards, with Tammuz also nominated for Best Director. The son of Israeli writer Benjamin Tammuz, he grew up in England where his father was a cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy and a writer in residence at Oxford University.
Jonathan Tammuz
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- 1954
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- Canada · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- film director · film producer
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He met and married Lib Stephen, a Canadian, when they were both studying at England's National Film and Television School; Stephen was the screenwriter for both The Childeater and Tammuz's film Cordoba. Tammuz subsequently directed a 1997 film adaptation of his father's novel Minotaur before making Rupert's Land. Tammuz and Stephen currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they are partners in a production firm; Tammuz is also a film instructor at Langara College and Stephen also works as an illustrator.
Short film • Year — Title — Director — Producer • 1990 — The Child Eater • 1998 — House Arrest • 1999 — All American Hero • 2000 — Abe's Manhood • 2012 — A Mother's Love • 2015 — 50/50 • 2019 — Heard from Above • 2023 — Bet Your Bottom Dollar • 2025 — Whispers of Freedom • TBC — I'll Get By Feature film • Year — Title — Director — Producer • 1989 — Streets of Yesterday • 1997 — Minotaur • 1998 — Rupert's Land • 2019 — Red Snow Television • Year — Title — Note • 2003 — Street Time — Episode "Brothers"
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• Year — Body — Award — Nominated work — Result — Ref • 1989 — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — Best Live Action Short Film (62nd Academy Awards) — The Child Eater • Chicago International Film Festival — Golden Hugo Award • 1999 — Genie Awards — Best Achievement in Direction — Rupert's Land • Leo Awards — Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama • 2012 — Lucerne International Film Festival — Production of Short Film — A Mother's Love • 2019 — Edmonton International Film Festival — Canadian Feature Award — Red Snow • 2023 — Sweden Film Awards — Best Producer — Bet Your Bottom Dollar • Tatras International Film Festival — Best Short Film • Movie Play International Film Festival • EdiPlay International Film Festival
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- 1."Eyes for Oscar". Vancouver Sun, March 9, 1990.
- 2."Genies genuflect for Red Violin". Montreal Gazette, December 8, 1998.
- 3.Peter Cowie, The Variety Insider. Penguin Group, 1999. . p. 186.
- 4.The 62nd Academy Awards. oscars.org. 5 October 2014.
- 5.Chicago International Film Festival 1989 Awards. imdb.com.
- 6.Genie Awards 1999. mubi.com.
- 7.Leo Awards. leoawards.com.
- 8.Edmonton International Film Festival 2019. mubi.com.
- 9.Winners Sweden Film Awards. swedenfilmawards.se.
- 10.Winners Tatras International Film Festival. hightatrasfilm.com.
- 11.Results: October, 2023. movieplayiff.com.
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