Paul Apak Angilirq (1954â€"1998) was a Canadian film producer and
screenwriter. A cofounder and vice-president of Isuma, Canada's first
Inuit media production firm, he was best known as a producer and
writer of the company's 2001 feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.
Prior to cofounding Isuma with Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk, he was
an employee of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. During his career
with Isuma, he made the short films The Qidlarsuaaq Expedition and
Through Eskimo Country.He wrote the screenplay for Atanarjuat, but
died of cancer in 1998 before the film was completed. After the film
was released in 2001, he posthumously won the Genie Award for Best
Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards, and the film was named Best
Picture.
screenwriter. A cofounder and vice-president of Isuma, Canada's first
Inuit media production firm, he was best known as a producer and
writer of the company's 2001 feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.
Prior to cofounding Isuma with Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk, he was
an employee of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. During his career
with Isuma, he made the short films The Qidlarsuaaq Expedition and
Through Eskimo Country.He wrote the screenplay for Atanarjuat, but
died of cancer in 1998 before the film was completed. After the film
was released in 2001, he posthumously won the Genie Award for Best
Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards, and the film was named Best
Picture.
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