Bruce Pittman

Regissör, Editor, Författare, Producent, Kompositör

4 februari 1950 (76 år)
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.

Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • Prom Night 2
    Prom Night 21987
  • Kultjägarna
    Kultjägarna3 seasons
  • Mutant X
    Mutant X3 seasons
  • Earth: Final Conflict
    Earth: Final Conflict5 seasons
  • Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
    Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal4 seasons
  • Tracker
    Tracker1 season
  • I flodens våld
    I flodens våld1997
  • En andra chans
    En andra chans2 seasons
  • To Dance with Olivia
    To Dance with Olivia1997

Känd för

  • Harrison Bergeron
    Harrison Bergeron1995
  • Den stora hemligheten
    Den stora hemligheten1999
  • Airwolf
    Airwolf4 seasons
  • Prom Night 2
    Prom Night 21987
  • Road to Avonlea
    Road to Avonlea7 seasons
  • Kultjägarna
    Kultjägarna3 seasons
  • Sue Thomas F.B.Eye
    Sue Thomas F.B.Eye3 seasons
  • Friday the 13th: The Series
    Friday the 13th: The Series3 seasons
  • No Alibi
    No Alibi2000
  • To Brave Alaska
    To Brave Alaska1996
  • Skymningszonen
    Skymningszonen3 seasons
  • Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion
    Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion1 season
  • I flodens våld
    I flodens våld1997
  • Uppdrag Chicago
    Uppdrag Chicago4 seasons
  • TekWar
    TekWar1 season
  • Earth: Final Conflict
    Earth: Final Conflict5 seasons
  • Mutant X
    Mutant X3 seasons
  • Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
    Captive Heart: The James Mink Story1996
  • Kärlekens maktspel
    Kärlekens maktspel1996
  • Where the Spirit Lives
    Where the Spirit Lives1989

Filmografi

2012
The Last Movie · as Composer

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