Bruce Pittman born February 4 1950 is a Canadian television and film director best known for directing the 1987 slasher Hello Mary Lou Prom Night II1 He also directed the 1989 film Where the Spirit Lives which won the Gemini Award for Best TV movie and numerous international awards He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada2 and the Directors Guild of America Early life and career Born in Toronto Ontario on February 4 1950 Pittman attended Park Lawn Public School Royal York Collegiate and Kipling Collegiate in Etobicoke3 In 1966 he made his first student film which received an Honorable Mention at the Kodak Student Film Festival in Rochester New York3 That year he began working at the Odeon Humber Theatre learning every aspect of film exhibition3 From 1968 through 1972 Pittman worked at Famous Players in their publicity department Communikon a market research company which was a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and Allan King Associates directing their independent film distribution He also opened the Revue Cinema in Toronto3 Pittman began professional filmmaking in 1971 with documentary films about other filmmakers Freddie Young and John Frankenheimer In 1974 with Elwy Yost and Jim Hanley he cocreated and was ProducerDirector of TVOntarios long running show Saturday Night At The Movies3 Beginning in 1977 Pittman embarked on directing dramatic films with a series of half hour programs based on Canadian short stories one of which The Painted Door was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Live Action Short In 1984 he directed his first feature The Mark Of Cain followed by Confidential and Hello Mary Lou Prom Night II which 30 years later has developed into a minor cult classic3 Over the next 27 years Pittman directed 19 feature length dramas and mini series and 98 episodes of 27 series for 12 North American networks3 His directorial work has resulted in 102 award nominations and 57 wins in Canada and internationally for his films3 Since 2004 he has worked exclusively on 51 independent dramatic and documentary productions
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