Laurie Lynd

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Laurie Lynd (born May 19, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film Breakfast with Scot.[1]

In his early career, Lynd made the short films Together and Apart (1986) and

New Queer Cinema.[2] He then attended the Canadian Film Centre,[3] making the short film The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore (1992)[4] and the feature film House (1995)[5] while studying at that institution; he was also credited as the producer of John Greyson's CFC project The Making of Monsters
.

After his graduation from the CFC, he concentrated primarily on television directing,

I Was a Rat, Noah's Arc and Ghostly Encounters
.

Breakfast with Scot, his second feature film, was released in 2007. His subsequent television work has included

The Adventures of Napkin Man
.

In 2010 he released the short film Verona, which recast Romeo and Juliet as a romance between two gay university athletes from rival fraternities.[6]

In 2019 he released the documentary film Killing Patient Zero.[7]

References

  1. ^ Onstad, Katrina (8 September 2007). "Five questions for... Laurie Lynd, director of Breakfast with Scot". CBC.ca. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ISBN 978-0813534862
    . pp. 14-22.
  3. ^ a b Laurie Lynd at mediaqueer.ca.
  4. ^ "Contrary fairy tale is class work". Toronto Star, July 2, 1993.
  5. ^ "Anti-hero's neuroses create a theatrical treat on screen". Toronto Star, July 19, 1996.
  6. The Backlot
    , June 16, 2010.
  7. ^ "Documentary Killing Patient Zero seeks to restore reputation of Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic". Toronto Star, April 25, 2019.

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