Biography
Guy Maddin CM OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated film-makers. Maddin has directed eleven feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews with Maddin and two book-length academic studies of his work. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Directed 58
2020s
- 2024
- 2022
Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality
Director
- 2020
The Rabbit Hunters
Director
Stump the Guesser
Director
2010s
- 2018
Accidence
Director
The Green Fog
Director
- 2015
The Forbidden Room
Director
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
Director
Lines of the Hand
Director
- 2014
The Hall Runner
Director
Colours
Director
Puberty
Director
Cold
Director
- 2013
Invisible World
Director
- 2011
- 2010
Sinclair
Director
2000s
- 2009
How to Take a Bath
Director
The Little White Cloud That Cried
Director
Night Mayor
Director
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Director
- 2008
Glorious
Director
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Director
My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Director
It's My Mother's Birthday Today
Director
My Winnipeg
Director
- 2007
Berlin
Director
Brand Upon the Brain!
Director
Odin's Shield Maiden
Director
Lullaby
Director
- 2006
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Director
Nude Caboose
Director
Workbook
Director
- 2005
Audition One
Director
Audition Two
Director
Chimney Workbook
Director
FuseBoy
Director
- 2004
Sorrowful Shadow
Director
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Director
A Trip to the Orphanage
Director
- 2003
The Saddest Music in the World
Director
Cowards Bend the Knee
Director
- 2002
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Director
- 2001
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
It's a Wonderful Life
Director
- 2000
Preludes
Director
The Heart of the World
Director
1990s
- 1999
Hospital Fragment
Director
- 1998
The Cock Crew
Director
Maldoror: Tygers
Director
- 1997
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Director
Rooster Workbook
Director
Zookeeper Workbook
Director
- 1995
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Director
The Hands of Ida
Director
- 1992
Careful
Director
- 1991
Indigo High-Hatters
Director
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
Wrote 29
2020s
- 2024
- 2020
The Rabbit Hunters
Screenplay
Stump the Guesser
Writer
2010s
- 2018
Accidence
Writer
- 2015
The Forbidden Room
Writer
- 2011
2000s
- 2009
Night Mayor
Screenplay
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Writer
- 2008
Glorious
Writer
My Winnipeg
Writer
- 2007
Brand Upon the Brain!
Writer
Odin's Shield Maiden
Screenplay
- 2006
Nude Caboose
Writer
Workbook
Writer
- 2004
Sorrowful Shadow
Writer
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Writer
A Trip to the Orphanage
Writer
- 2003
The Saddest Music in the World
Writer
Cowards Bend the Knee
Writer
- 2000
The Heart of the World
Writer
1990s
- 1999
Hospital Fragment
Writer
- 1998
The Cock Crew
Writer
- 1997
Rooster Workbook
Writer
Zookeeper Workbook
Writer
- 1995
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Screenplay
- 1992
Careful
Screenplay
- 1991
Indigo High-Hatters
Writer
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
Camera 14
2000s
- 2009
Night Mayor
Director of Photography
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Director of Photography
- 2008
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Director of Photography
- 2007
Odin's Shield Maiden
Director of Photography
- 2006
Nude Caboose
Director of Photography
- 2005
Audition Two
Director of Photography
FuseBoy
Director of Photography
- 2004
Sorrowful Shadow
Director of Photography
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Camera Operator
A Trip to the Orphanage
Director of Photography
- 2003
Cowards Bend the Knee
Director of Photography
- 2000
The Heart of the World
Director of Photography
1990s
- 1999
Hospital Fragment
Director of Photography
- 1992
Careful
Director of Photography
Acted in 11
2020s
- 2026
- 2022
Horse Brothers
Anton the Horse (voice)
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
Trump Dreams
Movie
Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
Movie
- 2015
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Movie
2000s
- 2008
97 Percent True
Movie
- 2007
Manuelle Labor
Movie
- 2000
1980s
- 1983
The International Style
Nurse
- 1982
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Student
Edited 11
2000s
- 2008
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Editor
- 2004
Sorrowful Shadow
Editor
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Editor
A Trip to the Orphanage
Editor
- 2000
The Heart of the World
Editor
1990s
- 1999
Hospital Fragment
Editor
- 1998
The Cock Crew
Editor
- 1992
Careful
Editor
- 1991
Indigo High-Hatters
Editor
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
Produced 7
2020s
- 2026
City Wide Fever
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2015
The Forbidden Room
Producer
- 2011
2000s
- 2008
My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Producer
My Winnipeg
Producer
1990s
- 1999
Hospital Fragment
Producer
- 1997
Rooster Workbook
Producer
Other crew 6
2000s
- 2004
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Cinematography
1990s
- 1997
Rooster Workbook
Cinematography
Zookeeper Workbook
Cinematography
- 1991
Indigo High-Hatters
Cinematography
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
Art department 3
1990s
- 1992
Careful
Production Design
- 1990
Sound 2
2010s
- 2015
The Forbidden Room
Original Music Composer
1990s
- 1990
Appearances11
2020s
- 2022
- 2021
Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist
Self
2010s
- 2019
Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story
Self
- 2016
The Amazed Spectator
Himself
- 2014
Louis Riel for Dinner
Narrator
2000s
- 2009
It Came from Kuchar
Self
- 2008
My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Himself
My Winnipeg
Narrator (voice)
- 2000
Vinyl
Himself
1990s
- 1997
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Self - filmmaker
No release date
The Triangular Door
Narrator
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2026
A. Rimbaud
Thanks