Biography for
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Date of Birth

28 February 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Nickname

Magma Head
Guymoe
Flurpie

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Winnipeg, Mr. Maddin's show business career began early when as a child he received a piggy-back ride from the immortal Bing Crosby. Maddin studied Economics at the University of Winnipeg. He worked as a bank teller and house painter before settling upon a career as a filmmaker. For his first three legendary features, Maddin worked in tandem with one of the world's best producers, Greg Klymkiw. Together, they were a powerhouse team. Maddin's father, Charlie, was the business manager of Canada's National Hockey Team. Curiously enough, Maddin's producer, Greg Klymkiw also had a father who played goal on the same team. Maddin continues to live and work in Winnipeg.

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Spouse

Kim Morgan	(11 December 2010 - ?)
Elise Moore	(19 August 1995 - 2002) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Uses a 'lo-fi' look and sound, similar to the silent movies and early talkies.

Plots usually involve an unsuccessful love story

Often uses motifs of sexual taboo

Characters in his films frequently suffer from amnesia

Trivia

Winner of the Telluride lifetime achievement award [1995]

Father of Jilian Maddin.

The youngest of four children. He has a sister named Janet and two brothers named Cameron (deceased) and Ross.

Many of the character development in his movies are based on family experiences. In Careful (1992), a baby is blinded by a safety pin placed on the collar of a garment. This in fact happened to Guy's father Charlie who as a baby lost his eye in the same manner.

Retrospective at the 28th São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil [2004]

Personal Quotes

It had never really occurred to me to make a film until I saw L'age d'or and looked around at some of my clever pals. We all loved each other, and each of us loved ourselves. "We had an analogous little gang, and just the excitement of a primitive movie made by people who weren't slick and didn't have any experience or training and yet still told this great mad love story with so much froth excited me because it made me realize I didn't need to go to film school." I didn't need a lot of practice. I even seemed to be the same age that Buñuel was when he made the movie, and I just thought it was time to make a movie myself. My methods were sort of initially found by looking in the direction that Buñuel pointed me in with this picture.