John Paizs

John Paizs


in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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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.

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Movies for John Paizs...

Castration Movie
Title: Castration Movie
Character: Dr. Stewart
Released: August 1, 2024
Type: Movie
A transsexual sex worker wants to have a child and faces obstacles at every turn.
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Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Title: Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Character: Self - filmmaker
Released: September 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of Maddin's films up to Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, including Careful and Archangel.
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Smoked Lizard Lips
Title: Smoked Lizard Lips
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A recently-deposed Central American dictator re-locates to a small town in Northern Manitoba and starts a new repressive regime.
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Crime Wave
Title: Crime Wave
Character: Steven Penny
Released: April 12, 1985
Type: Movie
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"
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The International Style
Title: The International Style
Character: Nick
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
An amusing melange of '60s spy thrillers and other classics. Super secret agent Nick attempts to liberate a top secret microchip from the clutches of multimillionaire Quinton Frost. Paizs pokes fun at the jet set, the Cold War and Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Title: Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Character: Nick
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
The further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka Rocky Roletti). Unwittingly, Nick becomes involved in attempts to restore old campus hangout and the dirty political tricks swirling a hard fought student election. The film successfully weaves the tone of 40s college hijinx movies through the clever spoof of current electoral trends, suggesting how easily old fashioned ethics can turn into fashion.
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Springtime in Greenland
Title: Springtime in Greenland
Character: Nick
Released: November 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
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The Obsession of Billy Botski
Title: The Obsession of Billy Botski
Character: Billy Botski
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A young man meets his obsession, a ghostly '60's Playboy-bunny styled "Connie," and is never the same!