Leonard Farlinger
{{Short description|Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter}}
Leonard Farlinger is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter.[http://www.filmsinreview.com/2001/01/12/the-perfect-son/ "The Perfect Son"]. Films in Review, January 12, 2001. Farlinger and his wife, Jennifer Jonas, are partners in the production firm New Real Films.
Early career
In 1990, Farlinger completed the Cineplex Entertainment Film Program (Directors' Lab) at the Canadian Film Centre.{{Cite web|url=http://cfccreates.com/alumni/2045|title=Leonard Farlinger|website=cfccreates.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-14}}
Film producer
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As producer, Farlinger's credits include Gerontophilia, directed by Bruce LaBruce; Trigger, directed by Bruce McDonald and named one of Toronto International Film Festival's top ten films of the year; Leslie, My Name Is Evil; Otto, or Up With Dead People; and Monkey Warfare, directed by Reginald Harkema, which won a Special Jury Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2006. Farlinger's latest film as a producer is Born to Be Blue, directed by Robert Budreau and starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum Keith Rennie.
Screenwriter and director
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Farlinger's first feature film as writer/director, The Perfect Son, starring Colm Feore and David Cubitt, was nominated for two Best Actor Genies and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also directed the feature film All Hat, starring Luke Kirby and Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered at TIFF. He directed the Gemini-winning movie-of-the-week In The Dark, starring Kathleen Robertson. Farlinger wrote and directed the comedy, I'm Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and starred Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, and Don McKellar.
Farlinger's next projects are the feature film Mr. Epiphany, written by Matt Watts, and a film based on Farlinger's own script, The Truth About Lying.
Personal life
Farlinger married producer Jennifer Jonas. They have two children, including actress Ella Jonas Farlinger.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.womenofinfluence.ca/2010/09/16/reel-thing-jennifer-jonas/|title=After a 30-year career in the Canadian film industry, how Jennifer Jonas balanced her company and mother proves she's the REEL thing|journal=Women of Influence|first=N. Naeme|last=El-Zein|date=16 September 2010|access-date=13 October 2020}}
Filmography
Producer
- Odyssey in August - 1989
- Kumar and Mr. Jones - 1991
- Monkey Warfare - 2006
- Otto; or Up with Dead People - 2008
- Leslie, My Name Is Evil - 2009
- Hungry Hills - 2009
- Trigger - 2010
- The Resurrection of Tony Gitone - 2012
- Gerontophilia - 2013
- Born to Be Blue - 2015
- The Wall Street Boy (Kipkemboi) - 2023
- Seeds - 2024
Director
- Collateral Damage - 1993, short
- The Perfect Son - 2000
- In the Dark - 2003, television
- All Hat - 2007
- I'm Yours - 2011
Writer
- Kicking Blood - 2021
References
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External links
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Category:Film directors from Toronto
Category:Screenwriters from Toronto
Category:Film producers from Ontario
Category:Canadian male screenwriters
Category:Canadian Film Centre alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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