Bruce Pittman

Director, Editor, Escritor, Productor, Compositor

4 de febrero de 1950 (76 años)
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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Noche de graduación 2: Hello Mary Lou
    Noche de graduación 2: Hello Mary Lou1987
  • Cazatesoros
    Cazatesoros3 seasons
  • Mutante-X
    Mutante-X3 seasons
  • La Tierra: Conflicto final
    La Tierra: Conflicto final5 seasons
  • Psi factor: Crónicas de lo paranormal
    Psi factor: Crónicas de lo paranormal4 seasons
  • Tracker
    Tracker1 season
  • La ira de un río
    La ira de un río1997
  • Una segunda oportunidad
    Una segunda oportunidad2 seasons
  • Historia de un rencor
    Historia de un rencor1997

Conocido por

  • Harrison Bergeron
    Harrison Bergeron1995
  • Lobo del aire
    Lobo del aire4 seasons
  • Cazatesoros
    Cazatesoros3 seasons
  • Noche de graduación 2: Hello Mary Lou
    Noche de graduación 2: Hello Mary Lou1987
  • Viernes 13: Misterio para tres
    Viernes 13: Misterio para tres3 seasons
  • Camino a Avonlea
    Camino a Avonlea7 seasons
  • Sue Thomas, el ojo del FBI
    Sue Thomas, el ojo del FBI3 seasons
  • Las raíces del cariño
    Las raíces del cariño1999
  • Sin coartada
    Sin coartada2000
  • Perdidos en Alaska
    Perdidos en Alaska1996
  • La explosión de Halifax
    La explosión de Halifax1 season
  • Rumbo al sur
    Rumbo al sur4 seasons
  • La ira de un río
    La ira de un río1997
  • TekWar
    TekWar1 season
  • The Ray Bradbury Theater
    The Ray Bradbury Theater6 seasons
  • Excesiva influencia
    Excesiva influencia1996
  • La Tierra: Conflicto final
    La Tierra: Conflicto final5 seasons
  • La historia de James Mink
    La historia de James Mink1996
  • Where the Spirit Lives
    Where the Spirit Lives1989
  • Más allá de los límites de la realidad
    Más allá de los límites de la realidad3 seasons

Filmography