Jason Buxton is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed three short films, ''A Fresh Start'', ''The Garden'' and ''The Drawing'', before debuting his first full-length feature film, '' Blackbird'', in 2012.

Career

Buxton's first feature film '' Blackbird'' was nominated for two awards at the

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'', of the Best Canadian First Feature Film award at the

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. The film won three awards at that year's

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: Best Atlantic Feature, Best Atlantic Director, and the Michael Weir Award for Outstanding Atlantic Screenplay (sponsored by the Michael Weir Foundation for the Arts). ''Blackbird'' also won the 2013

Claude Jutra Award The John Dunning Best First Feature Award is a special Canadian film award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the year's best feature film by a first-time film director. Under the earlier names Claude Jutra Award and Ca ...

for the year's best Canadian film by a first-time director. His second feature film, '' Sharp Corner'', premiered at the

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Personal life

Buxton is based in

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