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John Paizs

EN cinema · 15 credits

Birthplace

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Paizs (born in 1957) is a director, writer and actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1985 his much-celebrated independent comedy Crime Wave was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was the male lead and also wrote and directed the film. He worked on several TV series, but has not made another feature film until 1999's Top of the Food Chain, a stylish, low-budget sendup of Golden Age '50s science fiction movies. John is currently the Director in Residence at the Canadian Film Centre. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paizs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps poster

Castration Movie Anthology I. Traps

EN · 20247.2

as Fertility Doctor (voice)

Marker poster

Marker

EN · 20054.0

Director

Top of the Food Chain poster

Top of the Food Chain

EN · 19995.3

Director

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight poster

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

EN · 19977.3

as Self - filmmaker

Smoked Lizard Lips poster

Smoked Lizard Lips

EN · 19916.5

Actor

Crime Wave poster

Crime Wave

EN · 19856.4

as Steven Penny, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Graphic Designer, Art Direction, Production Design

The International Style poster

The International Style

EN · 19838.5

as Nick, Director, Writer

Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms poster

Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms

EN · 19827.5

as Nick, Director, Writer

Springtime in Greenland poster

Springtime in Greenland

EN · 19817.1

as Nick, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor

The Obsession of Billy Botski poster

The Obsession of Billy Botski

EN · 19807.8

as Billy Botski, Director, Writer

Ed Zorax of the Future City poster

Ed Zorax of the Future City

EN · 1979Not rated

Writer, Director, Producer

Highway 61 Revisited poster

Highway 61 Revisited

EN · 1978Not rated

Director

The Dreamer poster

The Dreamer

EN · 19777.0

Director

Ho Down poster

Ho Down

EN · 19766.0

Director

The Nine to Five Crack poster

The Nine to Five Crack

EN · 1974Not rated

Director