Josh Freed is a Canadian writer, director and actor. He has won two Chris Awards for Best North American Current Affairs Documentary. In Canada, Freed has been nominated for three

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, three

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Awards and a

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. He writes a weekly humour column in '' The Gazette''. He received two

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for best Canadian columnist in 1997 and 2002.

Early life

Freed was born and raised in Montreal and grew up on De L’Épée Avenue. Being Jewish, he attended Protestant schools because Catholic schools did not accept Jewish students at the time.

Bibliography

*1980: ''Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult'' *1983: ''The Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec'' *1990: ''Sign Language and Other Tales of Montreal Wildlife'' *1996: ''Vive le Québec Freed!'' *1997: ''Fear of Frying...and Other Fax of Life'' *1999: ''2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium'' *2000: ''Press 1 and Pray...and Other Letters from Voice Jail'' *2023: ''Bicycle Bob and the bike revolution'' The events described in the 1980 book inspired the award-winning movie ''

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'' and led to the creation of

Info-Cult Info-Cult, also known as Info-Secte, is a non-profit group that offers information to the Canadian public about religious cults and related topics. From its office in Montreal, it also provides support to people who were victimized as members of ...

Filmography

As director

*1991 : ''North to Nowhere'' (TV) *1993 : ''Paradise Lost'' (TV) *1994 : ''Escaping from History'' *1995 : ''Merchandising Murder'' *1995 : ''The Last Train'' *2000 : ''Selling the Water'' *2000 : ''Polar Bear Safari'' *2002 : ''Juggling Dreams'' (TV) *2003 : ''To Kill or to Cure'' (TV) *2004 : ''In Search of Sleep: an Insomniac’s Journey'' (TV) *2006 : ''China’s Sexual Revolution'' (TV) *2008 : ''My Messy Life'' (TV) *2010 : ''Where Did I Put My Memory?'' (TV)

As a writer

*1988 : ''A Song for Quebec'' *1992 : ''Between the Solitudes'' *1997 : ''Magic Time'' *2000 : ''Selling the Water'' *2000 : ''Polar Bear Safari'' *2002 : ''Juggling Dreams'' (TV)

As an actor

*1981 : ''

References

External links

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JoshFreed.ca
Canadian columnists Writers from Montreal Male actors from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Living people Montreal Gazette people Year of birth missing (living people) Jewish Canadian journalists {{quebec-bio-stub