Bruce Pittman

Režisér, Střihač, Scénárista, Producent, Skladatel

4. února 1950 (76 let)
Bruce Pittman (born February 4, 1950) is a Canadian television and film director best known for directing the 1987 slasher Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II.[1] He also directed the 1989 film Where the Spirit Lives, which won the Gemini Award for Best TV movie and numerous international awards.

He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada[2] and the Directors Guild of America.

Early life and career

Born in Toronto, Ontario, on February 4, 1950. Pittman attended Park Lawn Public School, Royal York Collegiate and Kipling Collegiate in Etobicoke.[3]

In 1966, he made his first student film, which received an Honorable Mention at the Kodak Student Film Festival in Rochester, New York.[3]

That year he began working at the Odeon Humber Theatre learning every aspect of film exhibition.[3]

From 1968 through 1972 Pittman worked at Famous Players in their publicity department, Communikon a market research company which was a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and Allan King Associates directing their independent film distribution. He also opened the Revue Cinema in Toronto.[3]

Pittman began professional filmmaking in 1971 with documentary films about other filmmakers: Freddie Young and John Frankenheimer. In 1974 with Elwy Yost and Jim Hanley he co-created and was Producer/Director of TVOntario's long running show Saturday Night At The Movies.[3]

Beginning in 1977 Pittman embarked on directing dramatic films with a series of half hour programs based on Canadian short stories one of which, The Painted Door, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Live Action Short. In 1984 he directed his first feature The Mark Of Cain followed by Confidential and Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II which 30 years later has developed into a minor cult classic.[3]

Over the next 27 years Pittman directed 19 feature length dramas and mini series and 98 episodes of 27 series for 12 North American networks.[3]

His directorial work has resulted in 102 award nominations and 57 wins in Canada and internationally for his films.[3]

Since 2004 he has worked exclusively on 51 independent dramatic and documentary productions.

Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
    Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II1987
  • Lovci pokladů
    Lovci pokladů3 řady
  • Mutant X
    Mutant X3 řady
  • Země: poslední konflikt
    Země: poslední konflikt5 řad
  • Faktor Psí: Kronika paranormálních jevů
    Faktor Psí: Kronika paranormálních jevů4 řady
  • Tracker
    Tracker1 řada
  • Rozbouřená řeka
    Rozbouřená řeka1997
  • Twice in a Lifetime
    Twice in a Lifetime2 řady
  • To Dance with Olivia
    To Dance with Olivia1997

Známý pro

  • Harrison Bergeron
    Harrison Bergeron1995
  • The Secret Path
    The Secret Path1999
  • Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
    Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II1987
  • Airwolf
    Airwolf4 řady
  • Road to Avonlea
    Road to Avonlea7 řad
  • Lovci pokladů
    Lovci pokladů3 řady
  • Sue Thomas: Agentka FBI
    Sue Thomas: Agentka FBI3 řady
  • No Alibi
    No Alibi2000
  • To Brave Alaska
    To Brave Alaska1996
  • Pátek třináctého
    Pátek třináctého3 řady
  • Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion
    Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion1 řada
  • Směr jih
    Směr jih4 řady
  • Rozbouřená řeka
    Rozbouřená řeka1997
  • Země: poslední konflikt
    Země: poslední konflikt5 řad
  • TekWar
    TekWar1 řada
  • Mutant X
    Mutant X3 řady
  • Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story1996
  • Undue Influence
    Undue Influence1996
  • Where the Spirit Lives
    Where the Spirit Lives1989
  • Divadlo Raye Bradburyho
    Divadlo Raye Bradburyho6 řad

Filmografie

2012
The Last Movie · as Composer

2022
Femmes Fatales · as Cinematographer
1974
Reflections of Murder · as Production Assistant