Guy Maddin
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. M…
Known For
My Winnipeg
Narrator (voice)
The Heart of the World
Director
The Saddest Music in the World
Director
Brand Upon the Brain!
Director
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Graphic Designer
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Director
The Forbidden Room
Director
J.T. LeRoy
Reader
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Filmography
Acting (20)
Movies (19)
Horse Brothers
2022as Anton the Horse (voice)
Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist
2021as Self
J.T. LeRoy
2019as Reader
Trump Dreams
2017
Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
2017
The Amazed Spectator
2016as Himself
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Louis Riel for Dinner
2014as Narrator
It Came from Kuchar
2009as Self
Death of the Reel
2008as Himself
My Winnipeg
2008as Narrator (voice)
97 Percent True
2008
Manuelle Labor
2007
Vinyl
2000as Himself
Nostradamus
2000as Waiter Joe
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997as Self - filmmaker
The International Style
1983as Nurse
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
1982as Student
The Triangular Door
as Narrator
Television (1)
Crew (139)
Movies (139)
City Wide Fever
2025Executive Producer
Rumours
2024Director
Rumours
2024Story
Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality
2022Director
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
2021Graphic Designer
The Rabbit Hunters
2020Director
The Rabbit Hunters
2020Screenplay
Stump the Guesser
2020Director
Stump the Guesser
2020Writer
The Green Fog
2018Director
Accidence
2018Director
Accidence
2018Writer
Seances
2016Director
Seances
2016Writer
Once a Chicken
2015Director
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
2015Director
The Forbidden Room
2015Director
The Forbidden Room
2015Original Music Composer
The Forbidden Room
2015Producer
The Forbidden Room
2015Writer
Lines of the Hand
2015Director
Puberty
2014Director
Elms
2014Director
The Hall Runner
2014Director
Colours
2014Director
Cold
2014Director
Invisible World
2013Director
Only Dream Things
2012Director
Keyhole
2011Director
Keyhole
2011Producer
Keyhole
2011Screenplay
Sinclair
2010Director
The Little White Cloud That Cried
2009Director
How to Take a Bath
2009Director
Experiments in Terror 3
2009Director
Night Mayor
2009Director
Night Mayor
2009Director of Photography
Night Mayor
2009Screenplay
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
2009Director
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
2009Director of Photography
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
2009Writer
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
2008Director
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
2008Director of Photography
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
2008Editor
Glorious
2008Director
Glorious
2008Writer
Footsteps
2008Cinematography
Footsteps
2008Director
My Winnipeg
2008Director
My Winnipeg
2008Producer
My Winnipeg
2008Writer
It's My Mother's Birthday Today
2008Director
Odin's Shield Maiden
2007Cinematography
Odin's Shield Maiden
2007Director
Odin's Shield Maiden
2007Screenplay
Berlin
2007Director
Lullaby
2007Director
Brand Upon the Brain!
2007Director
Brand Upon the Brain!
2007Writer
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
2006Director
Workbook
2006Director
Workbook
2006Writer
Nude Caboose
2006Cinematography
Nude Caboose
2006Director
Nude Caboose
2006Writer
FuseBoy
2005Director
FuseBoy
2005Director of Photography
Chimney Workbook
2005Director
Audition Two
2005Director
Audition Two
2005Director of Photography
Audition One
2005Director
A Trip to the Orphanage
2004Director
A Trip to the Orphanage
2004Director of Photography
A Trip to the Orphanage
2004Editor
A Trip to the Orphanage
2004Writer
Sorrowful Shadow
2004Director
Sorrowful Shadow
2004Director of Photography
Sorrowful Shadow
2004Editor
Sorrowful Shadow
2004Writer
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
2004Camera Operator
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
2004Cinematography
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
2004Director
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
2004Editor
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
2004Writer
The Saddest Music in the World
2003Director
The Saddest Music in the World
2003Writer
Cowards Bend the Knee
2003Director
Cowards Bend the Knee
2003Director of Photography
Cowards Bend the Knee
2003Writer
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
2002Director
Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
2002Director
It's a Wonderful Life
2001Director
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2001Director
The Heart of the World
2000Director
The Heart of the World
2000Director of Photography
The Heart of the World
2000Editor
The Heart of the World
2000Writer
Preludes
2000Director
Hospital Fragment
1999Director
Hospital Fragment
1999Director of Photography
Hospital Fragment
1999Editor
Hospital Fragment
1999Producer
Hospital Fragment
1999Writer
Maldoror: Tygers
1998Director
The Cock Crew
1998Director
The Cock Crew
1998Editor
The Cock Crew
1998Writer
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
1997Director
Zookeeper Workbook
1997Cinematography
Zookeeper Workbook
1997Director
Zookeeper Workbook
1997Writer
Rooster Workbook
1997Cinematography
Rooster Workbook
1997Director
Rooster Workbook
1997Producer
Rooster Workbook
1997Writer
The Hands of Ida
1995Director
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
1995Director
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
1995Screenplay
Careful
1992Cinematography
Careful
1992Director
Careful
1992Editor
Careful
1992Production Design
Careful
1992Screenplay
Indigo High-Hatters
1991Cinematography
Indigo High-Hatters
1991Director
Indigo High-Hatters
1991Editor
Indigo High-Hatters
1991Writer
Archangel
1990Art Direction
Archangel
1990Cinematography
Archangel
1990Director
Archangel
1990Editor
Archangel
1990Screenplay
Archangel
1990Sound
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988Cinematography
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988Director
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988Editor
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
1988Writer
The Dead Father
1985Director
The Dead Father
1985Writer
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