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Zack Russell is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.[1]
He previously worked in theatre, most notably collaborating with Sook-Yin Lee on the 2019 play Unsafe for Canadian Stage,[2] and has also directed the short film 7A[1] and episodes of the web series True Dating Stories.[3] His 2015 short film She Stoops to Conquer was the winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[4]
His debut documentary film, Someone Lives Here, premiered at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[5] where it was named the winner of the Rogers Audience Award.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Andrew Parker, "TIFF 2018 Short Takes: Zack Russell on 7A". TheGATE.ca, September 5, 2018.
- ↑ Jose Teodoro, "Sook-Yin Lee’s Unsafe has little to say about call-out culture". Now, March 18, 2019.
- ↑ Jordan Pinto, "LaRue’s True Dating Stories renewed, acquired in the U.S.". Playback, July 30, 2021.
- ↑ "'Room', 'Schitt's Creek', 'Vikings' Among 2016 Canadian Screen Awards Winners". ET Canada. March 13, 2016. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ↑ Rachel Ho, "Hot Docs: 'Someone Lives Here' Reveals Society's Broken Safety Nets, and Those Who Are Trying to Fix Them". Exclaim!, April 26, 2023.
- ↑ "‘Someone Lives Here’ takes home top prize at Hot Docs film festival". Toronto Star, May 8, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Zack Russell at IMDb
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