Ron Mann
Ronald Mann (born June 13, 1958) is a Canadian documentary film director focusing primarily on aspects of Canadian and American popular culture, including his acclaimed 1988 documentary Comic Book Confidential. [1]. He does most of his work through his company Sphinx Productions, while also running a film distribution company on the side called 'FilmsWeLike'. Mann has also put together the archives for many prominent Canadian figures and companies. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto.
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Born | Ronald Mann June 13, 1958 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Film director |
His first music video project was "Jezebel", by Canadian indie rock band Two Hours Traffic, which he directed and in which he also appears. In 2009 he released a documentary on mushrooms and mushroom hunting called Know Your Mushrooms.[2]
In 2014, Mann directed the Robert Altman based documentary Altman.[3]
He resides in Toronto.
Mann is a member of the NORML advisory board.
Filmography
- Imagine the Sound (1981)
- Poetry in Motion (1982) [4]
- Comic Book Confidential (1988)
- The Twist (1992) [5]
- Dream Tower (1994)
- Grass (1999) [6]
- Go Further (2003)
- Tales of the Rat Fink (2006)
- Know Your Mushrooms (2008)
- In the Wake of the Flood (2010) featuring author Margaret Atwood[7]
- Altman (2014)
- Carmine Street Guitars (2018)
References
- Comic Book Confidential by Ron Mann on Vimeo
- "Know Your Mushrooms: Fungus film on the button" Toronto: The Star
- Genzlinger, Neil (August 1, 2014). "An Auteur, in His Own Words". The New York Times.
- Poetry in Motion, By Ron Mann on Vimeo
- TWIST (Ron Mann, 1992) on Vimeo
- GRASS (Dir. Ron Mann, 1999) on Vimeo
- Film at Mann's website
External links
- Ron Mann on IMDb
- Ron Mann's website
- Ron Mann archives at the University of Toronto Media Commons