Director
John Paizs
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
John Paizs (born in 1957) is a director, writer and actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1985 his much-celebrated independent comedy Crime Wave was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was the male lead and also wrote and directed the film. He worked on several TV series, but has not made another feature film until 1999's Top of the Food Chain, a stylish, low-budget sendup of Golden Age '50s science fiction movies. John is currently the Director in Residence at the Canadian Film Centre.
Often works with
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Dean Dacko
3 titles together
Springtime in Greenland, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms, Ed Zorax of the Future City
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Margaret Anne MacLeod
3 titles together
Springtime in Greenland, Smoked Lizard Lips, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Kyle McCulloch
2 titles together
Smoked Lizard Lips, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Guy Maddin
2 titles together
The International Style, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
George Toles
2 titles together
The International Style, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
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Neil Lawrie
2 titles together
Crime Wave, Springtime in Greenland
Full filmography · 15
Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
as Fertility Doctor (voice)
2024
Marker
Director
2005
Top of the Food Chain
Director
19995.3
Smoked Lizard Lips
cast
1991
Crime Wave
as Steven Penny and Writer and Director
1985
The International Style
as Nick and Writer and Director
1983Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
as Nick and Director and Writer
1982
Springtime in Greenland
as Nick and Writer and Director
1981The Obsession of Billy Botski
as Billy Botski and Director and Writer
1980
Ed Zorax of the Future City
Writer and Director
1979
Highway 61 Revisited
Director
1978
The Dreamer
Director
1977