Lee Demarbre

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Lee Gordon Demarbre born 8 March 1972 in Chicoutimi Quebec is a Canadian cult film maker As the president and key person in the Ottawa Ontario based Odessa Filmworks production company he has led the creation of several internationallyshown films such as Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace and Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter Demarbre graduated from St Matthew Catholic High School in Orleans Ontario in 1990 then graduated from Carleton Universitys film studies programme In 1998 his short film trailer martial arts movie spoof Harry Knuckles garnered attention and led to longer form versions featuring the Harry Knuckles character This led to a debut fulllength feature film Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter which featured many of the actors from the earlier Harry Knuckles films Prior to his fulltime commitment with Odessa Demarbre worked for Ottawas ByTowne Cinema He is presently programming films for another Ottawa cinema the Mayfair Theatre In January 2007 Demarbre directed the Odessas project The Dead Sleep Easy filmed on location in Mexico and starring Ian Hodgkinson His movie Smash Cut was released in 2009 after postproduction from July 2008 He is also host of the weekly Ottawa film talk radio programme Drunken Master Revue on CKCUFM He also presents Saturday Night Sinema which is a monthly showcase of rare or classic cult film prints at the Mayfair Theatre Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Demarbre licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia