Bruce McDonald | |
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![]() McDonald at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival | |
Born | Kingston, Ontario, Canada | May 28, 1959
Alma mater | Ryerson University |
Occupation(s) | Film director, writer, producer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Known for | Roadkill (1989) Hard Core Logo (1996) Pontypool (2008) |
Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer.[1] Born in Kingston, Ontario,[2] he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave.[3]
McDonald has since directed more than a dozen features films over the course of his four-decade-long filmmaking career. The Hollywood Reporter has called him an "iconoclastic filmmaker".[4] Several of his films, ranging from mockumentaries to horror films, have attracted cult followings.[4]
His most notable films include Roadkill (1989), Highway 61 (1991), Hard Core Logo (1996), Pontypool (2008), Trigger (2010), and Hellions (2015).[4][5][6] Hard Core Logo has been frequently ranked amongst the greatest movies ever to come out of Canada.[7]
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