Leon Marr (May 26, 1948 â€" July 22, 2019) was a Canadian film and
television director and screenwriter, who won a Genie Award for Best
Adapted Screenplay at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Dancing in the
Dark. He was also a nominee, but did not win, for Best Director.Marr
was born in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario. Before becoming a notable film
director, Marr attended both the University of Toronto and the Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute.Marr directed several short films, wrote
several unproduced screenplays and worked as an assistant to Norman
Jewison on the 1982 film Best Friends. The first longer film Marr
worked on was known as Flyaway Paul, for which he wrote the screenplay
in 1980. After the director decided to turn the movie into a comedy,
production was cut and it was never released.He first read Joan
Barfoot's novel Dancing in the Dark in 1983, and worked for three
years to get the film made after securing the rights.
television director and screenwriter, who won a Genie Award for Best
Adapted Screenplay at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Dancing in the
Dark. He was also a nominee, but did not win, for Best Director.Marr
was born in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario. Before becoming a notable film
director, Marr attended both the University of Toronto and the Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute.Marr directed several short films, wrote
several unproduced screenplays and worked as an assistant to Norman
Jewison on the 1982 film Best Friends. The first longer film Marr
worked on was known as Flyaway Paul, for which he wrote the screenplay
in 1980. After the director decided to turn the movie into a comedy,
production was cut and it was never released.He first read Joan
Barfoot's novel Dancing in the Dark in 1983, and worked for three
years to get the film made after securing the rights.
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