Alex Pugsley
Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker,[1] most noted for directing the 2014 film Dirty Singles.[2]
In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published Kay Darling, an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will.[3]
As a filmmaker, he directed the short films The Pargonopers (1997), James O'Reilly in Parkdale (1997),[4] and Fidelio (1998).[5] He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series My Best Friend Is an Alien, Liocracy,[6] The Eleventh Hour, The Gavin Crawford Show,[7] The Jane Show,[8] Baxter,[9] 15/Love, Life with Derek and Hudson & Rex.[10]
His solo debut novel, Aubrey McKee, was published in 2020.[11] He followed up with the short story collection Shimmer in 2022.[12]
Awards
[edit]He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for the My Best Friend Is an Alien episode "I Am Larrabe Hicks!", and a nomination alongside Sean Reycraft for Best Writing in a Drama Series at the 18th Gemini Awards in 2003 for the Eleventh Hour episode "Shelter".
Along with Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen and Cathy Gordon, he is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee for his work on The Gavin Crawford Show.
He won the Journey Prize in 2012 for his short story "Crisis on Earth-X".[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Allison Lawlor, "Pugsley sets debut coming-of-age novel in Halifax". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, July 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Dirty Singles: Novelist, TV writer Pugsley turns director". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 13, 2014.
- ↑ Andy Lamey, "Toronto novel reads like sociological tract". The Globe and Mail, May 21, 1994.
- ↑ Jennie Punter, "Anything goes at shorts fest". Toronto Star, May 29, 1998.
- ↑ "Short films to air". The Daily Gleaner, April 2, 1998.
- ↑ Marla Cranston, "Liocracy premiere tomorrow". Halifax Daily News, November 10, 2002.
- ↑ Peggy Curran, "Sketch comedy drawn well". Montreal Gazette, February 12, 2002.
- ↑ "THE JANE SHOW - A Global Television Series Premiere". Canada NewsWire, May 15, 2006.
- ↑ "Family Channel gets an education in the performing arts with premiere of new original series, Baxter". Canada NewsWire, May 11, 2010.
- ↑ Greg David, "Hudson & Rex showrunner Derek Schreyer teases Season 2". TV, eh?, September 23, 2019.
- ↑ Brett Josef Grubisic, "Set in Halifax: Exuberant, freewheeling stories about the insanity of being human". Toronto Star, June 19, 2020.
- ↑ "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Nanaimo writer wins Rogers fiction prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 8, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Alex Pugsley at IMDb
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