Michael Mabbott is a

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film and television director and writer. He is best known for his debut feature film as a director, '' The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico'', which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the

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. Mabbott and the film's star, musician Matt Murphy, received two

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nominations for Best Original Song at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for the songs "Just a Show" and "Make Believe". He wrote several other songs for the film, and also contributed the song "Let's Make Love Again" to the 2009 film '' Defendor''. Mabbott's second feature film, ''

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'', was released in 2006. He subsequently directed episodes of the television series '' Life with Derek'', '' Wingin' It'', '' Overruled!'' and '' Baxter'' before co-creating, with writer

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, the six-episode series '' The Yard'', which aired on

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in 2011."‘The Yard’ like kiddie ‘Sopranos’"
''

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'', June 28, 2011.

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