Leonard Farlinger is a Canadian film director, producer, and
screenwriter. Farlinger and his wife, Jennifer Jonas, are partners in
the production firm New Real Films.In 1990, Farlinger completed the
Cineplex Entertainment Film Program (Directors' Lab) at the Canadian
Film Centre.As producer, Farlinger's credits include Gerontophilia,
directed by Bruce LaBruce; Trigger, directed by Bruce McDonald and
named one of Toronto International Film Festival's top ten films of
the year; Leslie, My Name Is Evil; Otto, or Up With Dead People; and
Monkey Warfare, directed by Reginald Harkema, which won a Special Jury
Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2006.
Farlinger's latest film as a producer is Born to Be Blue, directed by
Robert Budreau and starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum
Keith Rennie.Farlinger's first feature film as writer/director, The
Perfect Son, starring Colm Feore and David Cubitt, was nominated for
two Best Actor Genies and premiered at the Toronto International Film
Festival. He also directed the feature film All Hat, starring Luke
Kirby and Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered at TIFF. He directed the
Gemini-winning movie-of-the-week In The Dark, starring Kathleen
Robertson. Farlinger wrote and directed the comedy, I'm Yours, which
premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and starred
Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, and Don McKellar.
screenwriter. Farlinger and his wife, Jennifer Jonas, are partners in
the production firm New Real Films.In 1990, Farlinger completed the
Cineplex Entertainment Film Program (Directors' Lab) at the Canadian
Film Centre.As producer, Farlinger's credits include Gerontophilia,
directed by Bruce LaBruce; Trigger, directed by Bruce McDonald and
named one of Toronto International Film Festival's top ten films of
the year; Leslie, My Name Is Evil; Otto, or Up With Dead People; and
Monkey Warfare, directed by Reginald Harkema, which won a Special Jury
Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2006.
Farlinger's latest film as a producer is Born to Be Blue, directed by
Robert Budreau and starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum
Keith Rennie.Farlinger's first feature film as writer/director, The
Perfect Son, starring Colm Feore and David Cubitt, was nominated for
two Best Actor Genies and premiered at the Toronto International Film
Festival. He also directed the feature film All Hat, starring Luke
Kirby and Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered at TIFF. He directed the
Gemini-winning movie-of-the-week In The Dark, starring Kathleen
Robertson. Farlinger wrote and directed the comedy, I'm Yours, which
premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and starred
Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, and Don McKellar.
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