Larry Weinstein

Larry Weinstein

2016
Born 1956
Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater York University
Occupation Film director
Years active 1982–present
Children 2
Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program
2015 Our Man in Tehran
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series
2005 Beethoven's Hair

Larry Weinstein (born 1956 in Toronto) is a Canadian film director of theatrical and television documentaries, performance films, and dramas. The majority of his films centre on musical subjects and the depiction of the creative process, while his other subjects range from the horrors of war to the pleasures of football.[1][2]

Biography

Weinstein began to make films as a teenager while attending Earl Haig Secondary School.[3] He went on to attend York University's film school.[4] This led to teaming up with Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman to co-found Rhombus Media in 1979.[5][6]

Weinstein's directorial debut came in 1984's Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and won the first-ever Best Documentary Gemini Award in Canada.[4] Best known for classical-music projects such as Ravel’s Brain, Beethoven’s Hair and Mozartballs,[7] Weinstein made 36 films that have garnered dozens of awards from around the world, including three International Emmy Awards (and several other Emmy nominations) and 12 personal Canadian Screen/Gemini Awards, as well as major awards in Canada, the United States, France, The Czech Republic, Mexico, and Australia.[8]

His films have been broadcast in over 40 countries and he has been the subject of many International film retrospectives including those at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, The Jakarta International Film Festival in Indonesia, Doc Aviv in Israel, MOFFOM (Music on Film-Film on Music) in the Czech Republic, The Look of Sound in Germany, Impara L’Arte in Italy, the Havana Film Festival in Cuba, and a recent tribute at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.[3][9][10][11][12][13] York University awarded him an honorary doctorate.[14]

In 2015, Weinstein founded Larry Weinstein Productions and his distribution company, Dead Cow International.[15] Weinstein's 2016 documentary The Devil's Horn premiered at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.[16] His other 2016 film, Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star, a documentary on Leslie Caron, premiered at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.[17][18]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.documentary.org/magazine/roll-over-beethoven-larry-weinstein-maestro-beat-music-documentary
  2. ↑ http://58.68.227.24/news/show/300333
  3. 1 2 Van Poppel, David. "Larry Weinstein talks Mozartballs, Timbits and more". Tiff. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Nasmith, Cecilia (April 28, 2016). "Filmmaker shares the joy of sax". Northumberland Today. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Houpt, Simon (September 10, 2015). "With four films over four nights, Niv Fichman prepares for a TIFF marathon". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  6. ↑ http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/rhombus-media-inc-emc/
  7. ↑ Reid, Michael D. (May 6, 2016). "Big Picture: A film with sax appeal". Times Colonist. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Wawryshyn, Olena. "Weinstein garners another accolade". yfile. York University. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.documentary.org/magazine/toronto’s-one-stop-doc-shop
  10. ↑ http://archive.docaviv.co.il/2006/film.asp?filmID=145
  11. ↑ http://www.casopisharmonie.cz/rozhovory/filmovy-festival-moffom.html
  12. ↑ http://www.fernsehforum-musik.de/index.php?id=101
  13. ↑ http://multisalampx.it/contenuto/impara-l-arte-2010-proiezioni-film-regista-larry-weinstein
  14. ↑ https://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/festival-author/larry-weinstein/
  15. ↑ http://playbackonline.ca/2016/04/18/larry-weinstein-productions-brings-sax-appeal-to-first-project/
  16. ↑ Parker, Andrew. "Review: The Devil's Horn". thetfs.ca. Toronto Film Scene. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/the-reluctant-star-is-a-lovely-and-delicious-valentine-to-leslie-caron/article30585255/
  18. ↑ http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/the-pov-interview-larry-weinstein-talks-leslie-caron-the-reluctant-star

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