Michael Mazo is a film director, writer and producer whose works are mainly in the action, horror and science fiction genres, but whose work also includes a documentary about ice hockey.
Mazo co-wrote and directed the 1993 science fiction film ''
Time Runner'' which starred
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Luke Skywalker in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, and the Joker (character), Joker in various animated DC Comics projects, starting with ''Batm ...
as a person from the future who escapes an alien attack by going into a wormhole and back in time. The ''Toronto Star'' panned the film ("Trashy flick is lost in space") stating, "
ly 10 minutes into the story, Time Runner falls apart" and that Mazo "has a great fondness for close-ups of military footwear ".
Mazo's work also includes the 1994 action film ''
Crackerjack'' (director), the horror film ''Possession'' (director), and the science fiction films ''
Empire of Ash
''Empire of Ash'' is a 1988 Canadian post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Lloyd A. Simandl and Michael Mazo, and starring Melanie Kilgour, Thom Schioler and Frank Wilson. In some markets, the film was released as ''Empire of Ash II' ...
'' (co-writer, director and producer) and ''
Empire of Ash III'' (director and producer).
The CBC called his documentary, ''Lottery on Ice'', "a surprisingly intimate exploration of a fourteen-year old boy and his parents, risking everything-even the family itself-all for the dream of playing in the NHL."
CBC Newsworld
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Canadian horror film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian documentary film directors