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Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Herdis Maddin (a hair-dresser) and Charles "Chas" Maddin (grain clerk and general manager of the Maroons, a Winnipeg hockey team). Maddin studied economics at the University of Winnipeg, working as a bank manager, house painter, and photographic archivist before becoming a film-maker. Maddin ...
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26 wins & 29 nominations.
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Self (18 credits)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
"Survival" (1985), as Concerned Citizen Stan (1985)Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 1 Interview | 7 Articles | See more »Alternate Names:
Gal MaddenHeight:
6' (1.83 m)
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I've never bought that cliché that you should never take people out of the narrative, take people out of that dramatic illusion. I'm more of a person who loves his grandmother. I'm thinking when a grandmother sits at the foot of your bed and tells you a bedtime story, you get absorbed into the story, you notice her style of telling a story. Some parts you should tell badly, other parts charmingly... See more »Trivia:
Maddin's father Chas was blinded in one eye when his mother held him close to her as an infant and an open brooch pierced his eyelid. A similar event occurs in Maddin's third feature film, Careful. See more »Trademark:
Plots usually involve a series of complicated, entangled, unsuccessful love stories See more »Nickname:
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