John Paizs
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Biography
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 currentl...
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.
Filmography (15)
Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
2025
Marker
2005
Top of the Food Chain
1999
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997
Smoked Lizard Lips
1991
Crime Wave
1985
The International Style
1983
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
1982
Springtime in Greenland
1981
The Obsession of Billy Botski
1980
Ed Zorax of the Future City
1979
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Highway 61 Revisited
1978
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The Dreamer
1977
Ho Down
1976
The Nine to Five Crack
1974
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