Person
John Paizs
Directing · 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 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.
Known for

The Kids in the Hall
Director

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
Fertility Doctor (voice)

Marker
Director

Top of the Food Chain
Director

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Self - filmmaker

Crime Wave
Steven Penny

The International Style
Nick

Ed Zorax of the Future City
Writer

Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Nick

Smoked Lizard Lips
1991
Filmography
- 2024Castration Movie Anthology i. TrapsFertility Doctor (voice)
- 2005MarkerDirector
- 1999Top of the Food ChainDirector
- 1997Guy Maddin: Waiting for TwilightSelf - filmmaker
- 1991Smoked Lizard Lips
- 1989The Kids in the HallDirector
- 1985Crime WaveSteven Penny
- 1983The International StyleNick
- 1982Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead ElmsNick
- 1981Springtime in GreenlandNick
- 1980The Obsession of Billy BotskiBilly Botski
- 1979Ed Zorax of the Future CityWriter
- 1978Highway 61 RevisitedDirector
- 1977The DreamerDirector
- 1976Ho DownDirector
- 1974The Nine to Five CrackDirector
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