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Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald (born July 8, 1968) is an American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer.


Life

Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years old. He moved with his mother and brother, Timothy Jr., to Bergenfield, New Jersey, where he was raised and graduated from
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. While pursuing his university degree in Manhattan at the
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for the Advancement of Science and Art, he spent a semester as an exchange student at the
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, and permanently moved to Halifax after completing his studies. Fitzgerald continues to reside in Nova Scotia. He has described himself as a "struggling Catholic".


Career

In Canada, Fitzgerald worked extensively as a trio with performance artists Renee Penney and Michael Weir for several years as the Charlatan Theatre Collective.


''The Hanging Garden''

He launched his career in film, releasing his debut feature '' The Hanging Garden'' in 1997. It starred Troy Veinotte,
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. That film won several
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s, including acting awards for
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and
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, and a screenplay award for Fitzgerald. It also garnered Fitzgerald the
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for best feature film by a first-time director, the FIPRESCI European Critics Prize, Best Canadian Film Prize at the Atlantic Film Festival, Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Festival, Best Screenplay at the Mar del Plata Festival, and a number of other awards. The film made its U.S. debut at the Sundance Film Festival.


''Beefcake''

His second project, which was in progress before '' The Hanging Garden'', was the muscle magazine docu-comedy ''
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'' (1999). The story of fitness photographer Bob Mizer (played by
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) and the wave of fitness magazines in the 1950s, it was commissioned for television by
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in the UK and
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in France and Germany. However, the movie was too racy for North American television in 1999, and instead was released theatrically by
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. The film debuted at
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and garnered four Genie Award nominations.
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won the Best Supporting Actor Award from
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, the Canadian equivalent of SAG.


''Wolf Girl''

'' Wolf Girl'' (2001) was a Halloween special for the
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starring
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, Victoria Sanchez,
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, Darlene Cates,
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, Shelby Fenner and
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. Penned by novelist Lori Lansens, the story spins the werewolf genre in reverse, as cosmetic treatments render a furry side-show performer (Sanchez) progressively more psychotic.


''The Wild Dogs''

'' The Wild Dogs'' (2002) is a digitally shot ensemble drama set in contemporary Bucharest. The stories involve a reluctant dogcatcher (
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), a diplomat with prostate cancer (
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), and a touring pornographer (played by Thom Fitzgerald).
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co-star. ''The Wild Dogs'' debuted at the Toronto Film Festival. Along with three Genie nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Hayman, ''The Wild Dogs'' won the Best Canadian Film Award at the
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and the Emerging Master Award at the
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.


''The Event''

''
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'' (2003), tells the story of Matt, a New Yorker with
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(
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) who has died mysteriously.
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plays an attorney who takes her investigation personally, pushing his family (
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,
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) and friends (
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, Rejean Cournoyer,
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) into stark confessions about the reality of Matt's demise. Thom appeared in the film as Vagimar Director. The low-budget film debuted at
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, opening to praise. It received numerous awards, including the
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Reader's Award, the Teddy Award at the
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, an ACTRA Supporting Actor Award for Rejean Cournoyer, the Outfest Jury Prize for Best Actress for Dukakis, a Best Supporting Actress Genie nomination for Dukakis, and Atlantic Film Festival Awards for Fitzgerald, writers Tim Marback and Steven Hillyer, and actress
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.


''3 Needles''

'' 3 Needles'' (2005) tells three short stories about the global
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pandemic. In the first,
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stars as a blood smuggler who unleashes havoc on a farmer's family. In the second story, a second rate porn actor in Montreal (
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), hides his HIV status from his mother (
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). In the third story, three Christian missionaries (
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,
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and
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) barter with a South African plantation owner ( Ian Roberts) to help a family of orphans. The film has won awards for cinematographer Tom Harting as well as Fitzgerald's direction at the Atlantic Film Festival, and it garnered Fitzgerald a Director's Guild nomination for Best Direction of a Feature Film. The director received promotional support from the United Nations' Global Media AIDS initiative, and the film was released on December 1 (
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), 2006, in selected theaters and on Showtime Network.


''Cloudburst''

In 2010, Fitzgerald's first full-length play ''
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'' debuted in Halifax at Plutonium Playhouse. Critics called the play "a knock-out" and "the best thing to happen to the Halifax theatre scene in a decade" ''Cloudburst'' won the 2011 Merritt Award for Best New Play. Fitzgerald shot a film version of ''Cloudburst'' in 2011 starring
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,
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and Ryan Doucette. The film debuted at the 2011
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and won an Atlantic Canada Award for Best Screenplay and the People's Choice Audience Award for Best Film of the Festival. It also won the Audience Award for Best Film at Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Canadian Indie Film at
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, Top Ten Canadian Film at
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, and Best Film at Image+Nation Montreal Film Festival. It won a Best Canadian Film Award at Victoria Film Festival. It won a Grand Jury Prize at the
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. ''Cloudburst'' won film festival prizes worldwide, including audience awards in Copenhagen, Barcelona, Hannover, Waterloo and other cities.


''Splinters''

The 2018 film ''Splinters'', an adaptation of the play by Lee-Anne Poole, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.


''Stage Mother''


Filmography


Quotes

* "Writing and directing is simply about recreating 2,000 little moments from life that you observed." * "I'm not at a fork in the road. I'm at an eggbeater in the road." * "I see comedy everywhere. That's how I live day to day. I try to laugh and see the ironies and hopefulness in life, even in the saddest things. They're one and the same in their extremes. If you've ever seen someone truly happy, ecstatically happy, it is indistinguishable from grief."


Awards

*
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, Ribbon of Hope Award, ''3 Needles'' *
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Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...
(win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Screenplay, '' The Hanging Garden'' * Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Genie Award (nom), T. Fitzgerald, L. Garfield, A. Gelbart, Best Picture, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Genie Award (nom), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Achievement in Direction, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...
(nom), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, ''Forgive Me'' * Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Canadian Screen Award (nom), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, '' Sex & Violence'' * Athens Outview Film Festival, Jury Award, Thom Fitzgerald, Best Film, ''
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'' *
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Pink Peach Feature Grand Jury Prize, ''Cloudburst'' * Atlanta Out on Film Festival Audience Award for Best Overall Feature, ''Cloudburst'' * Atlanta Out on Film Jury Award for Best Film, ''Cloudburst'' * Atlanta Out on Film Jury Award for Best Actress,
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* Atlantic Film Festival, Goldstar Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Most Promising Filmmaker, ''The Movie of the Week'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Editing ''The Movie of the Week'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Special Effects, ''The Movie of the Week'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Audience Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Film, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Canadian Film, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Direction ''The Hanging Garden'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Best Atlantic Film Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Direction, '' The Wild Dogs'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Canadian Film, ''The Wild Dogs'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Direction, ''
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'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Screenplay, ''The Event'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Direction, '' 3 Needles'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Atlantic Canadian Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Screenplay, ''Cloudburst'' * Atlantic Film Festival, Audience Award (win), Thom Fitzgerald, Best Film, ''Cloudburst'' * Atlantic Fringe Festival, Fringe Hit! Award, Charlatan Theatre Collective, ''Bed and (Maybe) Breakfast'' * Atlantic Fringe Festival, Fringe Hit! Hot Ticket Award, Plutonium Playhouse, ''The Barnacle's Tale'' * Atlantic Fringe Festival, Jury Award for Fringiest Fringe Show, Plutonium Playhouse, ''The Barnacle's Tale'' * Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award for Best Film, ''Cloudburst'' *
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, Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule" Award, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Event'' * Birmingham UK Shout Festival Audience Award for Best Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award for Best Film (win), Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
Claude Jutra Award The John Dunning Best First Feature Award is a special Canadian film award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the year's best feature film by a first-time film director. Under the earlier names Claude Jutra Award and Ca ...
, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * CNKY Cincinnati Kentucky BLGT Film Festival Best Feature Film Award, ''Cloudburst'' * Copenhagen MIX Copenhagen Film Festival Audience Award for Best Film, ''Cloudburst'' *
Directors Guild of Canada The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC; ) is a Canadian labour union representing more than 5,500 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. Founded in 1962, the DGC represents directors, editors, assist ...
Award (nom, Thom Fitzgerald, Outstanding Direction Feature, ''3 Needles'' *
Edmonton International Film Festival The Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF) is a nine-day film festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, hosted at Landmark Cinemas at Edmonton City Centre. It is supported by and partnered with Telefilm Canada, Government of Alberta, Alberta ...
, Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Film (win), Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
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(nom), Golden Trailer, Best Independent, ''The Event'' *
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(nom), Outstanding Film (Limited Release), ''The Hanging Garden'' * Hannover, Germany Queer Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Film, ''Cloudburst'' * Image+Nation Montreal GLBT Film Festival, Best Feature Film Award, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Overall Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Event'' * Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Lesbian Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Kingston Reelout Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
Mar del Plata Film Festival The Mar del Plata International Film Festival () is an List of film festivals, international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF ...
Best Screenplay, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Mix Milano Film Festival Grand Jury Award for Best Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * New York AIDS Film Festival, Bertha Meka's Award, ''3 Needles'' * New Zealand Out Takes Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Feature, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Philadelphia QFest Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
Portia White Prize The Portia White Prize is the largest prize of its type awarded by the Province of Nova Scotia and is named for Portia White, a Nova Scotian artist who rose through adversity to achieve international acclaim as a classical singer on the stages of ...
Shortlist, 2011 * Portia White Prize, 2012 * Rainbow Reels Film Festival People's Choice Award for Best Feature, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Robert Merritt Award for Best New Play, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Robert Merritt Award (nom) for Outstanding Production, Plutonium Playhouse, ''Cloudburst'' * Robert Merritt Award (nom) for Outstanding Set Design, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * San Diego FilmOut, Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * San Diego FilmOut, Jury Award for Best Feature Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * San Diego FilmOut, Jury Award for Best Direction, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
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Festival Audience Award for Best Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
Seattle International Film Festival The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is a film festival held annually in Seattle, Washington, United States, since 1976. It usually takes place in late May and/or early June. It is one of the largest festivals in the world, and feature ...
Emerging Master Showcase Award, ''The Event'' and ''The Wild Dogs'' * Screen Nova Scotia Award nomination for Best TV Series, Thom Fitzgerald, Doug Pettigrew, ''Forgive Me'' * Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * St. Louis QFest, Audience Award for Best Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
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Best Canadian Film Award, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival, Taos Land Grant Award (nom), Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Wild Dogs'' *
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...
, People's Choice Award, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Toronto International Film Festival, Best Canadian Feature Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Troia International Film Festival,
FIPRESCI Prize The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for ''Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique'') is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the worl ...
, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Troia International Film Festival, Prize of the City of Grandola, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' *
Vancouver International Film Festival The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Festi ...
, Most Popular Canadian Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Vancouver International Film Festival Best Canadian Screenplay, Thom Fitzgerald, ''The Hanging Garden'' * Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Choice Top Ten Canadian Films, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' * Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Rosebud (nom), Thom Fitzgerald, ''
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'' * Victoria Film Festival, Best Canadian Film, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Cloudburst'' *
Writers Guild of Canada The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) is a trade union representing professional writers working in film, television, radio, and digital media production in Canada. Members of the WGC write dramatic TV series, feature films, Movies of the Week, do ...
, award nomination, Thom Fitzgerald, ''Sex & Violence'' for the episode "Surface Scars"


References


Further reading

* Padva, Gilad. Nostalgic Physique: Displaying Foucauldian Muscles and Celebrating the Male Body in ''Beefcake''. In Padva, Gilad, ''Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture'', pp. 35–57 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, ).


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