Amnon Buchbinder
Amnon Buchbinder (June 17, 1958 - November 30, 2019) was an American-born Canadian screenwriter and film director,[1] most noted for his feature films The Fishing Trip[2] and Whole New Thing.[3]
Born in Missouri, he moved to Canada with his family in childhood, before studying film at the California Institute of the Arts.[1] He was based in Vancouver in the early 1980s, where he was a board member of the Pacific Cinematheque[4] and a programmer for the Vancouver International Film Festival.[5] He made a number of short films, most notably 1983's Oroboros, before studying directing at the Canadian Film Centre.[6] He joined the faculty of York University as a professor of screenwriting in the film department in 1995,[7] and eventually became chair of the department.[8]
The Fishing Trip, his first feature film as a director, was written by Michelle Lovretta, one of his students at York.[9] In 2005 he published the screenwriting text The Way of the Screenwriter,[1] and released Whole New Thing as his second feature film.[3]
Following Whole New Thing he worked on Mortal Coil, a television pilot.[8] Although it was never picked up to series, he published a novel based on it in 2014.[8] In 2015 he released the film Traveling Medicine Show, a compilation of three short docufiction films in which he and his own family had played fictionalized versions of themselves.[8] The following year he released his final film, the interactive documentary Biology of Story.[8]
He died on November 30, 2019, of cancer.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Patricia Robertson, "Film stories feed the soul". Yukon News, March 4, 2006.
- ^ Ray Conlogue, "Director doesn't rise to the bait of making a simple revenge film". The Globe and Mail, November 13, 1998.
- ^ a b Bill Rankin, "Believable characters keep Whole New Thing from getting old". Edmonton Journal, October 4, 2005.
- ^ Marke Andrews, "Cinematheque members go for moderate board". Vancouver Sun, January 28, 1987.
- ^ Marke Andrews, "Film festival gets a new look". Vancouver Sun, September 24, 1987.
- ^ "Film centre selects residents for 1992". The Globe and Mail, June 3, 1992.
- ^ Peter Goddard, "Unique festival's for those just mad about movies". Toronto Star, November 17, 1999.
- ^ a b c d e f "Passings: Amnon Buchbinder, filmmaker, director and screenwriter". York University, December 4, 2019.
- ^ Judy Gerstel, "Toronto teens get lost in their Fishing Trip roles". Toronto Star, November 13, 1988.
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