Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Edmonton, Canada
Credits
33 titles
Carl Bessai
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Carl Bessai (born 1966 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing documentary films before moving to Vancouver and directing his debut feature film Johnny in 1999. Bessai has made a career working on low-budget independent features but has worked with A-List actors Ian McKellen and Deborah Kara Unger on his film Emile and Carrie-Anne Moss on his film Normal. He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for the latter film. Bessai is a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada, the Writer’s Guild of Canada, and the Canadian Film and Television Producer's Association. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Bessai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Waltz for the Dead Clown
Production Manager
4 or 5 things I want you to know about me (an essay)
Director
Field Sketches
Director
WAR TIMES
Production Supervisor
Evelyne
Gary
Kreuzberg
Director
The Lears
Director
Rehearsal
Writer
Ungodly Acts
Director
Mr. Miracle
Director
Bad City
Director
No Clue
Director
Embrace of the Vampire
Director
Sisters & Brothers
Director
Repeaters
Director
Fathers & Sons
Director
Hiccups
Director
Fathers and Sons
Director
Gloves of Stone
Writer
Cole
Director
Mothers & Daughters
Documentary Filmmaker
A Charman Event
Director
Normal
Director
Unnatural & Accidental
Director
Severed
Director
Floored by Love
Director of Photography
Emile
Director
Lola
Director
Out of Orbit: The Life and Times of Marshall McLuhan
Director
Johnny
Writer
Influence
Director
The Black Square
T.U.R.D
Quarrell McHumphrey