Bruce McDonald (director)

Bruce McDonald
McDonald at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born (1959-05-28) May 28, 1959 (age 65)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Alma materRyerson University
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, producer
Years active1989–present
Known forRoadkill (1989)
Hard Core Logo (1996)
Pontypool (2008)

Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer.[1] Born in Kingston, Ontario,[2] he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave.[3]

McDonald has since directed more than a dozen features films over the course of his four-decade-long filmmaking career. The Hollywood Reporter has called him an "iconoclastic filmmaker".[4] Several of his films, ranging from mockumentaries to horror films, have attracted cult followings.[4]

His most notable films include Roadkill (1989), Highway 61 (1991), Hard Core Logo (1996), Pontypool (2008), Trigger (2010), and Hellions (2015).[4][5][6] Hard Core Logo has been frequently ranked amongst the greatest movies ever to come out of Canada.[7]

  1. ^ Cole, Stephen (March 6, 2009). "Zombies bring out the best in Bruce McDonald". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Director Bruce McDonald offers free film footage". CTVNews. October 30, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bruce McDonald and Don McKellar's Deconstruction of Canadian Realism: Roadkill and Highway 61". offscreen.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Scheck, Frank (June 3, 2020). "'Dreamland': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  5. ^ McEwan, Paul (January 2011). Bruce McDonald's 'Hard Core Logo'. ISBN 978-1-4426-1273-0.
  6. ^ "Canadian director Bruce McDonald's nightmare before Sundance". Retrieved May 16, 2021.
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