Stephen Roscoe is a

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filmmaker and educator.Chris Clay
"Short film explores parent/teacher relationship"
''

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'', April 8, 2010. He is most noted for his 1989 short film ''

Odyssey in August ''Odyssey in August'' is a Canadian short film, directed by Stephen Roscoe and released in 1989. The film stars Oliver Dennis as August Dunlop, a man who imagines himself experiencing various fantastical adventures while waiting in line at the pa ...

'', which was a

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nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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in 1990.Julia Nunes, "East meets West in battle for Genies". ''

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'', February 14, 1990. He subsequently became a media arts teacher at

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, returning to filmmaking with the short films ''Parent-Teacher Night'' in 2009 and ''Momsters Playground'' in 2013.

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