Nicholas Kendall (director)

Nicholas Kendall (born April 25, 1949) is a Canadian film and television director from Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

Born in Manchester, England, he moved to Canada with his family, including brother Simon Kendall, in childhood.[2]

He began his career making documentary films, releasing Do It with Joy in 1977,[3] The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten in 1980, and Rape: Face to Face in 1983.[4] He founded the film production company Meta Communications Group, but sold it to International Movie Group in 1989.[5]

He directed the television film Paper Route, and episodes of the television series The Beachcombers, Danger Bay, Neon Rider and The Adventures of the Black Stallion, before his narrative feature film debut, Cadillac Girls, was released in 1993.[6] The film was a nominee for the Claude Jutra Award in 1993,[7] and Kendall's brother Simon won the Genie Award for Best Original Score at the 14th Genie Awards.[8]

He subsequently also directed the films Kayla (1998),[9] Mr. Rice's Secret (2000)[10] and Goose on the Loose (2006), but concentrated primarily on television directing.

He has also been a film studies instructor at Capilano University.[1]

  1. ^ a b "David Bowie remembered for role in obscure Canadian film". CBC News British Columbia, January 14, 2016.
  2. ^ Simon Kendall, "Vancouver no wild west, even for boy from England". Vancouver Sun, November 2, 2008.
  3. ^ Alice Smith, "Do It with Joy". Cinema Canada, February 1978. pp. 41-42.
  4. ^ Rick Groen, "The 'face-to-face' reality of rape". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 1983.
  5. ^ Brian Milner, "Int'l Movie to merge with Meta". The Globe and Mail, February 3, 1989.
  6. ^ "Canadian single-mother saga Cadillac Girls ends up in the ditch". Montreal Gazette, September 2, 1993.
  7. ^ "Academy announces first Jutra recipient". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 1993.
  8. ^ "Genies honor Gould film: B.C. comedy the Lotus Eaters a big winner with three awards". Waterloo Region Record, December 13, 1993.
  9. ^ Kathryn Greenaway, "Kayla's touching tale makes us believers". Montreal Gazette, February 27, 1998.
  10. ^ Mitchell, Elvis (December 22, 2000). "David Bowie With a Secret and a Power". The New York Times.