Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, most noted for directing the 2014 film '' Dirty Singles''.
In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published ''Kay Darling'', an
epistolary
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* Epistolary novel
An epistolar ...
novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will.
As a filmmaker, he directed the short films ''The Pargonopers'' (1997), ''James O'Reilly in Parkdale'' (1997), and ''Fidelio'' (1998). He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series '' My Best Friend Is an Alien'', '' Liocracy'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''
The Gavin Crawford Show
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15/Love
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'', ''
Life with Derek
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'' and ''
Hudson & Rex
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''.
His solo debut novel, ''Aubrey McKee'', was published in 2020. He followed up with the short story collection ''Shimmer'' in 2022.
Awards
He received a
Gemini Award
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18th Gemini Awards
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in 2003 for the ''Eleventh Hour'' episode "Shelter".
Along with Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley,
Jennifer Whalen Jennifer Whalen may refer to:
*Jennifer Whalen (actress)
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An alumna of the Toronto company ...
and Cathy Gordon, he is a two-time
Canadian Comedy Award
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nominee for his work on ''The Gavin Crawford Show''.
He won the
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in 2012 for his short story "Crisis on Earth-X"."Nanaimo writer wins Rogers fiction prize". ''
Victoria Times-Colonist
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