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Toronto-based Jeremy Podeswa is the writer, director and co-producer of the critically acclaimed feature films "The Five Senses and Eclipse." He was recently cited by Variety magazine as one of only two Canadian directors in its international survey of "Tomorrow's Hot Exports."
The Five Senses (Fine Line Distribution) premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival in the prestigious Directors' Fortnight section, receiving rave reviews. The film has sold worldwide in over 50 territories. The story of five characters who live or work in a building across the road from a park in which a young child disappears, The Five Senses is a poignant and affecting film about love in its many forms. The films stars Mary-Louise Parker ("Boys on the Side"), Molly Parker ("Sunshine"), Philippe Volter ("The Double Life of Veronique"), Marco Leonardi ("Cinema Paradiso"), Gabrielle Rose ("The Sweet Hereafter") and Pascale Bussieres ("When Night is Falling"). Developed at the Sundance Screenwriter's Lab, the film was co-produced by Camelia Frieberg ("The Sweet Hereafter," "Exotica") and executive-produced by Alliance Atlantis. The film won Podeswa the Genie Award for Best Director as well as the CITY Award for Best Canadian Film.
Eclipse (Strand Releasing), a drama about the intersecting lives of a group of characters over a ten day period preceding a solar eclipse, has been screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, New Directors/New Films at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Toronto International Film Festival and numerous other festivals in Canada, the U.S. and abroad (including France, Italy, England, Ireland, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Taiwan, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand). The film was successfully released in Canada by Behaviour Distribution; in the U.K. by ICA Distribution, in Australia by Palace Distribution, and in 15 other countries around the world. ECLIPSE was nominated for two Genie Awards (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor) and was also co-produced by Camelia Frieberg. Podeswa has also directed a number of music videos and episodic drama, including HBO's Six Feet Under and Carnivale, Showtime's Queer as Folk, the Movie of the Week After the Harvest (CTV) starring Sam Shepard and nominated for 8 Gemini Awards including Best Director, and the Canadian drama series Traders (Global), and North of 60 (CBC). Other directing credits include a number of award winning performing arts specials for television, including the CBC dance performance film Walls, Winner of the Gemini Award for Best performing Arts Program; and the one-hour CBC music special Standards, starring Sarah McLachlan and nominated for two Gemini Awards, including Best Performing Arts Program. Other short dramas include The Susan Smith Tapes (CBC/Showcase), Touch (Showcase), Caveman / Rainbow (CBC), Nion (Genie Nominee for Best Live Action Short), and David Roche Talks To You About Love (Norman Jewison Award for Best Film, Canada; Best Short Film, Frameline, San Francisco), and Prelude; 24 FPS, a commission for the 25th Anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Podeswa is a graduate of the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles (Directing Fellowship).
He is currently developing feature films based on novels "Fugitive Pieces" by Anne Michaels (with Serendipity Point Films) and "Minus Time" by Catherine Bush.
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Carnival Fact
Johnny Eck, AKA the Half Man, was born in Baltimore in 1911. He had no legs. In 1932 he had a role in Tod Browning's film, Freaks. He died in 1991.
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