About
Guy Maddin CM OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated film-makers. Maddin has directed eleven feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews...
Known for
The Vampire LestatSeries • 2026
RumoursMovie • 2024
J.T. LeRoyMovie • 2019
The Forbidden RoomMovie • 2015
The Saddest Music in the WorldMovie • 2003
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk HorrorMovie • 2021
KeyholeMovie • 2011
Brand Upon the Brain!Movie • 2007
Tales from the Gimli HospitalMovie • 1988
The Green FogMovie • 2018
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's DiaryMovie • 2002
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward InfinityMovie • 1995
My WinnipegMovie • 2008
CarefulMovie • 1992
Twilight of the Ice NymphsMovie • 1997
The Heart of the WorldMovie • 2000
NostradamusMovie • 2000
My Dad Is 100 Years OldMovie • 2006
Cowards Bend the KneeMovie • 2003
Sissy-Boy Slap-PartyMovie • 2004
ArchangelMovie • 1990
Sorrowful ShadowMovie • 2004