Graham Foy
Graham Foy (born July 27, 1987, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian filmmaker, who has worked both under his own name and as Fantavious Fritz.[1] He is most noted for his debut feature film The Maiden, which won the Cinema of the Future award at the 2022 Venice Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[3]
His filmography also includes the short films Kosmos (2011), Tuesday (2012), Paradise Falls (2013), Lewis (2015), Mouseland (2017), Good Boy (2018) and August 22, This Year (2020). Paradise Falls was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list in 2013,[4] and August 22, This Year was an official selection of the International Critics' Week program at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
His music video for Charlotte Day Wilson's single "Work", won the Prism Prize in 2018.[6] He was also a Prism Prize nominee in 2017 for BadBadNotGood's "Lavender".[7]
References
- ^ Jason Anderson, "The New Narrative of Music Videos". Toronto International Film Festival, May 10, 2017.
- ^ Ellie Calnan, "‘Blue Jean’, ‘The Maiden’ among Giornate degli Autori winners at Venice". Screen Daily, September 9, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations". Films du Québec, February 22, 2023.
- ^ "TIFF selects top 10 Canadian films". Screen International, December 3, 2013.
- ^ Melanie Goodfellow, "Cannes Critics’ Week reveals 2020 label selection". Screen Daily, June 4, 2020.
- ^ Karen Bliss, "Charlotte Day Wilson's 'Work' Wins Prism Prize for Top Canadian Music Video, As Industry Seeks Support". Billboard, May 14, 2018.
- ^ Haydn Watters, "A Tribe Called Red, Grimes, Wintersleep videos make Prism Prize short list". CBC News, April 4, 2017.
External links
- Graham Foy at IMDb
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