Marc Almon

Marc Almon is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known his work as the producer of the Canadian feature films Blackbird[1] and Weirdos.

Marc Almon at 2017 Berlinale

Career

Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors.[2] He subsequently gained credits as a producer, director and writer on a number of award-winning short films, including The Wake of Calum MacLeod [3][4] and D’Unee Rive a l'Autre (director: Maxime Desmons), which have screened at international film festivals and have aired on CBC, Global, BBC, Bravo! and the Sundance Channel.

Almon was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2008, won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize in 2010,[5] was a finalist for the TIFF Pitch This! competition, and attended the Rotterdam Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training program.

Almon's film Blackbird made its debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian First Feature Award.[6] Blackbird continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013.

In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter named Almon a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood.[7]

In 2015, Almon became the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia,[8][9] an organization which represents Nova Scotia film, television and digital media. In this role he was involved in negotiations with the provincial government about changes to the film tax credit.[10][11]

Marc executive produced the film Your Money or Your Wife [12] in 2015 and produced Weirdos in 2016.

Filmography

References
  1. "Lifelong local friends produce acclaimed new film Blackbird". By Kennedy Gordon, Peterborough Examiner June 13, 2013
  2. "Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op chooses this year’s Film 5 projects". THE CHRONICLE HERALD, Published January 21, 2015
  3. "Frightfully good Cape Breton-made flicks". Cape Breton Post, Ken Chisholm October 25, 2013
  4. "Film Fest Reviews". The Coast, September 15, 2011.
  5. "Halifax filmmaker off to Rotterdam Lab". Chronicle Herald
  6. "Chester filmmaker wins TIFF award for Blackbird". Chronicle Herald.
  7. "Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars on the Rise in Hollywood". Hollywood Reporter.
  8. "Sobering times for Nova Scotia’s film industry ". The Coast.
  9. "Nova Scotia film industry shrouded in uncertainty under tax incentive". CBC News, By Aly Thomson, The Canadian Press Posted: Jul 31, 2015
  10. "The Rick Howe Show". News 95.7. Apr 14, 2015
  11. "Tax credit talks ‘very constructive,’ Screen N.S. chairman says". MICHAEL GORMAN Chronicle Herald. April 22, 2015
  12. "Cameras roll on indie rom-com Your Money or Your Wife". Playback, by Etan Vlessing, 4 February 2015.
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