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David Vaisbord
is a Gemini nominated Canadian filmmaker who brings a
unique vision and a dramatic intensity to all of the films
that he makes. .
David’ first
one-hour documentary titled MISCHA was an international
search for clues about the life of his brilliant but
reclusive uncle, the violin-prodigy Mischa Weisbord.
Completed in 1996 with funding from the Canada Council,
NFB and the CBC (Adrienne Clarkson Presents) it received
awards and nominations including a Gold Apple (USA), and a
nomination for The Chalmers Award (Canada). Vaisbord then
produced, directed and wrote a psychedelic road trip
titled JUICY DANGER MEETS BURNING MAN supported by TVO,
CTV, and BRAVO! It was one of TVO’s highest rated
documentaries of 1998, made celebrities out of its two
leads -- the hair-raising comedic/thrill-seeking duo Tom
Comet and Christine Taylor -- and received the Special
Jury Prize at the Yorkton Short Film festival.
David then moved on to develop new
projects with new partners. As co-producer, director and
writer David collaborated with Screen Siren Pictures on
BRITANNIA BEACH (1998 – 2001) and on DRAWING OUT THE
DEMONS: A film about the artist Attila Richard Lukacs
(1999 – 2004). BRITANNIA BEACH, the story of a mining
town, the dreams of its residents, and its legacy of
environmental devastation, was made with support from the
BC Cultural Fund, CTV, TVO, SCN, Knowledge, and the NFB. A
Gala premiere at Toronto’s Planet in Focus film festival
was followed by broadcast on the CBC’s “Docs on the
Coast.” DRAWING OUT THE DEMONS: A film about the artist
Attila Richard Lukacs was funded by BRAVO! TVO and
Telefilm Canada. Shot to a large extent by the director
himself as he accompanied the artist through some of his
darkest days in his New York Studio, the film follows
gifted “bad-boy” of the art world, Attila Lukacs, on a
very intimate journey from drug addiction to spiritual and
creative renewal. Since it’s premiere in Toronto at Hot
Docs 2004, the film has screened at over a dozen
international festivals including the Cork (Ireland)
International Film Festival and the Northwest (USA) Film
and Video Festival. Nominated for 2 Gemini Awards
including Best Director of a Documentary, and Best Arts
Documentary, the Globe and Mail calls the film
"wonderfully voyeuristic" and "compulsively watchable,"
while the Atlantic Film Festival contends that, "Drawing
Out the Demons may be the most honest and substantial
documentary ever made about a world-class artist."
With Laughing
Mountain Communications David directed and co-wrote the
one-hour docu-drama DARK PINES for BRAVO! which premiered
in October of 2005.Lightspeed Productions Ltd. (David’s
company) loans out David’s services as a director “for
hire”. For Insight Productions and Global Television
David has directed for the series DRIVER’S SEAT (13 X 30)
and for History Television one half-hour episode of GHOST
TOWNS OF SASKATCHEWAN.
As producer, co-director and co-writer
David is currently in development with CBC’s Passionate
Eye on the feature documentary DOGS BY ACCIDENT: The
lives and imagined future of Herb Williams and the
SUPERDOGS.
David is a
graduate of the University of British Columbia and Emily
Carr Institute of Art and Design, speaks fluent French,
and resides in Vancouver with wife Sheril Gelmon and young
daughter Madeleine.
February
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DOGS BY ACCIDENT
- The lives
and imagined future of Herb Williams and the SUPERDOGS
--- in development ---
-
Producer, Co-Director & Co-Writer
- Produced by Lightspeed Productions
- Broadcaster: CBC
DARK
PINES - A Documentary Investigation into the Death of
Tom Thomson
48 minutes / digital video / 2005
- Director & Co-Writer
- Produced by Laughing Mountain Communications
- Broadcaster: BRAVO!
DRAWING
OUT THE DEMONS - A
Film about the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs
78 minutes & 48
minutes (TV) / digital video / 2004
- Director, Co-Producer, Writer
- Produced by Screen Siren Pictures
- Broadcasters: BRAVO! & TVOntario
BRITANNIA
BEACH
56 minutes /
digital video / 2002 / "Director’s Cut"
- Director, Writer, Co-producer & Narrator
- Produced by Screen Siren Pictures
- Broadcaster: TVOntario & Knowledge Network
BRITANNIA
BEACH : A COMPANY TOWN
45 minutes /
digital video / 2000
- Director, Co-producer
- Produced by Screen Siren Pictures & The National Film
Board of Canada
- Broadcaster: CTV
ISLAND
OF SHADOWS: The D'Arcy Island Leper Colony
45 min / film
& video / 2000
- Executive Producer
- Produced and Directed by Erik Paulsson, Red Storm Productions
- Broadcaster: CTV
JUICY
DANGER MEETS BURNING MAN
45 min &
55 min / Film & Video / 1998
- Director, Producer, & Writer
- Produced by Herkules Productions
- Award: Special Jury Prize - Yorkton Short Film Festival
MISCHA
45 minutes / 16mm
film / 1996
- Director, Writer, & Narrator
- Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
- Award: Best Director - AMTEC 1996, Canada
- Award: Gold Apple 1997 - National Educational Media
Network
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