Magnus Isacsson
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Magnus Isacsson (1948 – August 2, 2012) was a
Early life and television career
Isacsson was born in
Film career
Frustrated by the creative constraints of working for TV networks, Isacsson began a career as an independent filmmaker in 1986. His film Uranium,[3] the story of radioactive contamination on Native land by Canada's uranium mines, won a Golden Sheaf Award[4] at the Yorkton Film Festival in 1991; Power,[5] a feature-length chronicle of the Cree's five-year struggle against the Great Whale Hydro Project in Northern Quebec, received the award for Best Documentary at the International Environmental Film Festival in Paris (1997), among other accolades and nominations. The Choir Boys, a film about the journey of a choir of homeless men in Montreal, won the award for Best Documentary at the Mumbai International Film Festival in 2000.[1][6]
Isacsson has been involved in the
Isacsson's last film was the feature-length documentary L'Art en Action (2009), a study of the ATSA group's provocative urban art installation. At the time of his death, Isacsson was working on Granny Power, a film about the Raging Grannies.[10]
Teaching
In addition to his filmmaking, Isacsson was also a university educator and a pioneer in community media, teaching audiovisual production courses in Zimbabwe and South Africa while working with Vidéo Tiers Monde.[10]
Death and posthumous honours
Magnus Isacsson died of cancer in Montreal, Quebec on August 2, 2012.[2][10] As of August 2012, the RIDM is creating a new award in the name of Isacsson and frequent collaborator Martin Duckworth.[1]
Filmography
- Toivo (1990)
- Union Trouble (1991)
- Uranium (1991)
- Out of the Ashes (1991)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1995)
- Power (1996)
- The Big Upheaval (1996)
- Vivre Ensemble (1997)
- Pressure Point (1999)
- The Choir Boys (1999)
- Maxime, McDuff & McDo (2002)
- View From the Summit (2002)
- Waiting for Martin (2004)
- Hell-bent for Justice (2005)
- The Battle of Rabaska (2008)
- L'Art en Action (2009)
- My Real Life (Ma vie réelle) (2012)[10]
- Granny Power (in production)[11]
References
- ^ a b c Hays, Matt (10 August 2012). "Magnus Isacsson was a master of the point-of-view documentary". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Montreal Gazette. Archivedfrom the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=18301 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine NFB film collection Uranium
- ^ http://www.yorktonshortfilm.org/files/File/winners/winners1991.html[permanent dead link] Yorkton past winners 1991
- ^ http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=33182 Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine NFB film collection Power
- ^ "Welcome to Miff India – 6th Festival". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-11-06. Mumbai IFF archives
- ^ http://docorg.ca/en/history Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine DOC history
- ^ "Les Lundis du doc — Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal — festival de films". Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-09. RIDM Docu-Mondays
- ^ "L'Observatoire du documentaire — Observatoire du documentaire". Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2012-08-04. Observatoire du Documentaire
- ^ a b c d "Montreal documentary maker Magnus Isacsson dies". CBC News. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.grannypowerthefilm.com/ Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Finishing 'Ma vie réelle'
External links
- Magnus Isacsson at IMDb
- Magnus Isacsson Official Site
- Blog of Magnus Isacsson
- Remembering Dedicated Documentary Filmmaker Magnus Isacsson, National Film Board of Canada website
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