Odessa Filmworks is a Canadian

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production company, based in Ottawa,

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founded by film director/producer

Lee Demarbre Lee Gordon Demarbre (born 8 March 1972) is a Canadian cult film maker. As the president and key person in the Ottawa, Ontario based Odessa Filmworks production company, he has led the creation of several internationally shown films such as '' Ha ...

. Odessa produced the internationally distributed feature film ''

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''.

Productions

* 1998: ''Harry Knuckles'' (short film, trailer spoof) * 1999: ''Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy'' * 2001: ''

'' (feature film) * 2002: ''Where's Your Bobber?'' (documentary) * 2003: ''Harry Knuckles and the Siege of the Leopard Lady'' (short film) * 2004: ''Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace'' (feature film) * 2008: ''

The Dead Sleep Easy ''The Dead Sleep Easy'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film, a co-production of Odessa Filmworks and Zed Filmworks produced on location in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Its tagline is "When you're this far south, sometimes it's better to be dead tha ...

'' (feature film, co-produced with Zed Filmworks/Zed Jamaica) * 2008: '' Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero'' (documentary, co-produced with Zed Filmworks/Zed Jamaica) * 2009: ''

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'' * 2023: '' Enter the Drag Dragon''

References

External links

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Slamdance Festival profile: Lee Demarbre, referencing Odessa Filmworks
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