Mark Sawers is a Canadian film director and writer. Best known for his feature films '' Camera Shy'' and '' No Men Beyond This Point'', he is also a four-time

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nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama for his films ''

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'' at the

13th Genie Awards The 13th annual Genie Awards were held on November 22, 1992, to honour Canada, Canadian films released in late 1991 and 1992. They were dominated by David Cronenberg's ''Naked Lunch (film), Naked Lunch'', Jean-Claude Lauzon's ''Léolo'', and Jean B ...

, ''

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'' at the 14th Genie Awards, '' Shoes Off!'' at the 19th Genie Awards and ''

Lonesome Joe ''Lonesome Joe'' is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Mark Sawers and released in 2002.David Spaner, "Local films on Toronto lineup: Nine Vancouver features and shorts will screen at world-class movie festival". ''The Province'', Ju ...

'' at the

24th Genie Awards The 24th Genie Awards were held on May 1, 2004, to honour films released in 2003. The ceremony was hosted by Scott Thompson (comedian), Scott Thompson."He's gonna spank that Genie". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 1, 2004. The ceremony was broadcast o ...

. ''Shoes Off'' also won the Canal+ Award at the

1999 Cannes Film Festival The 52nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1999. Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg served as jury president for the main competition. Kristin Scott Thomas was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. Belgian filmmakers ...

. As a television director, his credits have included segments of '' The Kids in the Hall'', and episodes of '' Alienated'', '' Alice, I Think'', '' About a Girl'', '' The Assistants'', '' Mr. Young'' and ''Anticlimax''. From

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

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, Sawers is a graduate of the

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."Film-maker Mark Sawers tastes big time in Cannes". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 12, 1993.

Filmography

*''Absolute Trash: A Recycling Story'' - 1980 *''The Middle Child'' - 1989 *''

'' - 1992 *''

'' - 1993 *'' Shoes Off!'' - 1998 *''

'' - 2002 *''Exposed'' - 2010 *'' Camera Shy'' - 2012 *'' No Men Beyond This Point'' - 2015 *''Call from Josie'' - 2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sawers, Mark Canadian television directors Canadian male screenwriters Film directors from Vancouver Writers from Vancouver University of British Columbia alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from British Columbia