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Canadian film director and screenwriter (born 1946) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William D. MacGillivray (born May 24, 1946, in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1]
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Years active | 1979–present |
MacGillivray studied art and design at NSCAD University and at Concordia University. He then studied filmmaking at the London Film School in England in 1972.
In 1974 he was one of the founding members of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. In 1979 directed his first film, Aerial View. The following year he founded his own production company, Picture Plant, for which he wrote and directed four feature films over the coming years.[1] His most successful film, Life Classes (1988), was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and was selected for official competition at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
In 2013, he received the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.[3]
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