Roshell Bissett
Roshell Bissett is a Canadian independent filmmaker who wrote and directed several short films, including the award-winning Cotton Candy, and one feature-length film entitled Winter Lily.
Roshell Bissett
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- 1968 · Nepean.
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- Canada
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- film director
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- Concordia University · University of Ottawa · Sir Robert Borden High School
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She began making films in the early 1990s including the short films Blue Canary 1991, Stella Signata in 1993 and Eating Noodles by the Mekong in 1994. Her most significant film, Cotton Candy, was shot in Tokyo in 1995 and went on to receive the awards for Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1997, and Best Short Film at the New York Underground Film Festival in 1998. In 1998 she directed and co-wrote the feature film Winter Lily. She taught film production for a short time at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal.
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Roshell Bissett was born on 14 February 1968.
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- 1."Straight to the top: Newcomer wins big at Toronto fest". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 1997.
- 2."Winter Lily unfolds as strange thriller: Local film is first in a proposed series". Montreal Gazette, February 11, 2000.
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Roshell Bissett is recorded as having studied at Concordia University, University of Ottawa and Sir Robert Borden High School.
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