Jonathan Tammuz
Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film The Childeater and the feature film Rupert's Land. The Childeater was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 62nd Academy Awards,[1] and Rupert's Land was a Genie Award nominee for Best Picture at the 19th Genie Awards, with Tammuz also nominated for Best Director.[2]
The son of Israeli writer Benjamin Tammuz, he grew up in England where his father was a cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy and a writer in residence at Oxford University. He met and married Lib Stephen, a Canadian, when they were both studying at England's National Film and Television School; Stephen was the screenwriter for both The Childeater and Tammuz's film Cordoba.[1] Tammuz subsequently directed a 1997 film adaptation of his father's novel Minotaur before making Rupert's Land.[3]
Tammuz and Stephen currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they are partners in a production firm; Tammuz is also a film instructor at Langara College and Stephen also works as an illustrator.
Filmography
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Producer |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | The Child Eater | Yes | No |
1998 | House Arrest | No | Yes |
1999 | All American Hero | No | Yes |
2000 | Abe's Manhood | No | Yes |
2012 | A Mother's Love | No | Yes |
2015 | 50/50 | Yes | No |
2019 | Heard from Above | Yes | Yes |
2023 | Bet Your Bottom Dollar | No | Yes |
Feature film
Year | Title | Director | Producer |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Streets of Yesterday | No | Yes |
1997 | Minotaur | Yes | No |
1998 | Rupert's Land | Yes | No |
2019 | Red Snow | No | Yes |
Television
Year | Title | Note |
---|---|---|
2003 | Street Time | Episode "Brothers" |
References
- "Eyes for Oscar". Vancouver Sun, March 9, 1990.
- "Genies genuflect for Red Violin". Montreal Gazette, December 8, 1998.
- Peter Cowie, The Variety Insider. Penguin Group, 1999. ISBN 9780399525247. p. 186.