Bruce Sweeney is a Canadian film director.[1] Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he has spent his career based primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2]
Career
Sweeney's debut film, Live Bait, won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
He won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny Film Direction for the film Last Wedding.[4] The film also won the award for Best Canadian Film from the Toronto Film Critics Association.[5]
On June 5, 2010, Sweeney's film Excited won four Leo Awards for Best Feature Length Drama, Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama, Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama (Gabrielle Rose) and Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama (Laara Sadiq). In October 2013 The Dick Knost Show won Best BC Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.[6]
Filmography
- Live Bait (1995)
- Dirty (1998)
- Last Wedding (2001)
- American Venus (2007)
- Excited (2009)
- The Crimes of Mike Recket (2012)
- The Dick Knost Show (2013)
- Kingsway (2018)
References
- ^ "Into the shadows; Vancouver director turns to 'neo-noir' for his sixth premiere at Toronto film festival". Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 2012.
- ^ "For Bruce Sweeney, VIFF is home". The Globe and Mail, September 21, 2013.
- ^ "Live Bait snags Canadian award". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1995.
- ^ "CBC's Made in Canada leads the pack in Comedy Awards". Waterloo Region Record. April 5, 2002.
- ^ "Memento named best picture by T.O. critics". Prince Albert Daily Herald, December 21, 2001.
- ^ "B.C. spotlight shines on Dick Knost; Made-in-B.C. films get the glory at festival gala". Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2013.
External links
- Bruce Sweeney at IMDb