Director

John Paizs

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 1All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 55149

IMDb ID: nm0656996

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1976 - 2025

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 7.4

Wikidata: Q6251789

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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.

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