Guy Maddin


Director, Screenwriter

Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Forbidden Room (2015)
Director
My Winnipeg (2007)
Director
Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
Director
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2003)
Director
Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Director
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Director
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)
Director
Odilon Redon (1995)
Director
Careful (1992)
Director
Archangel (1990)
Director
Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988)
Director
The Dead Father (1985)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

JT Leroy (2018)
It Came From Kuchar (2009)
Split Screen: Season Six (1998)
Himself

Cinematography (Feature Film)

My Winnipeg (2007)
Camera
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Camera
Careful (1992)
Director Of Photography
Archangel (1990)
Director Of Photography
Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988)
Director Of Photography

Writer (Feature Film)

The Forbidden Room (2015)
Screenplay
My Winnipeg (2007)
Screenplay
Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
Screenplay
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Screenwriter
Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Screenwriter
Careful (1992)
Screenplay
Archangel (1990)
Screenwriter
Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

The Forbidden Room (2015)
Producer
Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Careful (1992)
Editor
Archangel (1990)
Editor
Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988)
Editor

Music (Feature Film)

The Forbidden Room (2015)
Music

Art Director (Feature Film)

Archangel (1990)
Art Direction

Sound (Feature Film)

Careful (1992)
Sound Editor
Archangel (1990)
Sound

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Careful (1992)
Production Designer

Director (Special)

Sonic Cinema (2001)
Segment Director

Director (Short)

Night Mayor (2009)
Director
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (2009)
Director

Cinematography (Short)

Night Mayor (2009)
Cinematographer

Writer (Short)

Night Mayor (2009)
Screenplay

Life Events

1986

Wrote, shot, edited and directed first film, the 30-minute short "The Dead Father."

1988

Directed first feature, "Tales From the Gimli Hospital"; also edited, produced and served as director of photography.

1990

Helmed the WWII drama, "Archangel"; also penned and served as art director, sound technician, editor and cinematographer.

1997

Was the subject of the film "Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight."

1998

Directed "Twilight of the Ice Nymphs," featuring Alice Krige.

2004

Helmed "Cowards Bend the Knee."

2007

Directed the silent film, "Brand Upon the Brain" his first film made outside of Canada.

Family

Charlie Maddin
Father
Coach. Worked for the hockey team, the Winnipeg Maroons.
Jilian Maddin
Daughter

Companions

Elise Maddin
Wife
Married in August 1995.

Bibliography