Stephen Surjik (born 1960) is a Canadian

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and television director, and

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. He is known for his work on the film '' Wayne's World 2'', the

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'' and '' The Punisher'', the Netflix series '' The Umbrella Academy'' and '' The Witcher''. He was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for ''

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'', ''Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery'' and '' Intelligence'', and received four Emmy Award nominations for '' Weapons of Mass Distraction''.

Career

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960, he studied at the

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in Montreal and received a Best Director award at the ''14th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival'' in 1982 for ''Second Story Man''.Canadian Student Film & Video Festival
(Montreal World Film Festival) After working as production designer and art director in the mid-80s, he moved on, directing for the series '' The Kids in the Hall''. In 1993 Surjik made his feature film debut with '' Wayne's World 2'', starring fellow Canadian Mike Myers. For television, he has directed films such as the 1996 ''Grand Prix " Cinéma Tout Ecran"'' award-winning ''Little Criminals'', the Emmy-nominated '' Weapons of Mass Distraction'', starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne, and the CBC movie ''Intelligence''. His episodic credits include '' Da Vinci's Inquest'', ''Legacy'', '' The Handler'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' X-Files'', ''

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'' and pilots for ''Bull'', ''Miss Miami'' and ''Zoe Busiek: Wildcard'' and ''Intelligence''. His more recent television work includes; '' Common Law'', ''

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'', '' Graceland'', ''

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'', ''

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''.

Radio show

In 2018 Surjik launched his own radio show and podcast on Brigade-Radio-One called Field Report. The show is produced by Ethan Dettenmaier and centers on his current projects.

Filmography

As director

As producer

As actor

Notes

External links

* *
Official Site including Trailer

Candy Fiveways MySpace page

Sky Movies including video diary

Video of Surjik directing an episode of "Intelligence"

Surjik's radio show
{{DEFAULTSORT:Surjik, Stephen Canadian art directors Film directors from Saskatchewan Canadian production designers Canadian television directors Concordia University alumni Living people People from Regina, Saskatchewan Canadian Film Centre alumni 1960 births