James Motluk born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, is a filmmaker of
Ukrainian descent. After studying philosophy at Trent University he
travelled to Toronto and worked for the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation as an assistant director on a television show called
Seeing Things. He wrote and directed his first feature film called
Nasty Burgers which was released to cinemas in 1993. Nasty Burgers
gained him entry into the Writers Guild of Canada. For much of the
1990s he worked as a writer for television. His credits included a
season on the hit show Road to Avonlea.In 2000 he released a
documentary funded by American film director Michael Moore called Life
Under Mike which took a critical and biased look at then Ontario
Premier Mike Harris. In 2001 the film earned him a Media Human Rights
Award. He released a second documentary in 2003 called Whose
University Is It?. This work used Trent University as a case study and
argued that any corporate connections with higher learning are
negative - though notably ignoring that the entire Trent University
campus was donated by General Electric Canada, and its library by the
Bata Shoes Corporation.Most recently he released a documentary called
Jajo's Secret which revealed the internment of Ukrainians by the
Canadian government during World War One. This movie was broadcast on
OMNI TV in Canada and screened in New York at Columbia University in
2011.His movies tend to sympathize with the left, encouraging grass
roots social change. He produces independently through the
Toronto-based production company Guerrilla Films.
Ukrainian descent. After studying philosophy at Trent University he
travelled to Toronto and worked for the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation as an assistant director on a television show called
Seeing Things. He wrote and directed his first feature film called
Nasty Burgers which was released to cinemas in 1993. Nasty Burgers
gained him entry into the Writers Guild of Canada. For much of the
1990s he worked as a writer for television. His credits included a
season on the hit show Road to Avonlea.In 2000 he released a
documentary funded by American film director Michael Moore called Life
Under Mike which took a critical and biased look at then Ontario
Premier Mike Harris. In 2001 the film earned him a Media Human Rights
Award. He released a second documentary in 2003 called Whose
University Is It?. This work used Trent University as a case study and
argued that any corporate connections with higher learning are
negative - though notably ignoring that the entire Trent University
campus was donated by General Electric Canada, and its library by the
Bata Shoes Corporation.Most recently he released a documentary called
Jajo's Secret which revealed the internment of Ukrainians by the
Canadian government during World War One. This movie was broadcast on
OMNI TV in Canada and screened in New York at Columbia University in
2011.His movies tend to sympathize with the left, encouraging grass
roots social change. He produces independently through the
Toronto-based production company Guerrilla Films.
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