John Paizs
Know for: Directing
Born:
Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also know as:
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
The Obsession of Billy Botski (1980)
A young man meets his obsession, a ghostly '60's Playboy-bunny styled "Connie," and is never the same!
Springtime in Greenland (1981)
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms (1982)
The further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka...
The International Style (1983)
An amusing melange of '60s spy thrillers and other classics. Super secret agent Nick attempts to liberate a top secret microchip from the clutches of...
Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps (2024)
A transsexual sex worker wants to have a child and faces obstacles at every turn.
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997)
Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...
Smoked Lizard Lips (1991)
A recently-deposed Central American dictator re-locates to a small town in Northern Manitoba and starts a new repressive regime.
Top of the Food Chain (1999)
An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...
Ho Down (1976)
An enjoyable animated film done by drawing directly on the film in the tradition of Norman McLaren. Two circles, one male and one female, bounce,...
Marker (2005)
In an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenaged life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside...
The Obsession of Billy Botski (1980)
A young man meets his obsession, a ghostly '60's Playboy-bunny styled "Connie," and is never the same!
The Obsession of Billy Botski (1980)
A young man meets his obsession, a ghostly '60's Playboy-bunny styled "Connie," and is never the same!
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms (1982)
The further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka...
The International Style (1983)
An amusing melange of '60s spy thrillers and other classics. Super secret agent Nick attempts to liberate a top secret microchip from the clutches of...
Springtime in Greenland (1981)
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms (1982)
The further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka...
Springtime in Greenland (1981)
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
The International Style (1983)
An amusing melange of '60s spy thrillers and other classics. Super secret agent Nick attempts to liberate a top secret microchip from the clutches of...
Springtime in Greenland (1981)
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
Springtime in Greenland (1981)
Springtime in Greenland uses '50s cinematic conventions and attitudes to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia.
Highway 61 Revisited (1978)
A souped-up paean to sex, violence and all-around rowdy behavior.
The Dreamer (1977)
A little-known animated short about the hearty imagination of a young elephant.
Ed Zorax of the Future City (1979)
Suspicious goings-on have been happening in the ruins of the Old City, threatening the very foundations of society. Agent Ed Zorax, posing as an...
Ed Zorax of the Future City (1979)
Suspicious goings-on have been happening in the ruins of the Old City, threatening the very foundations of society. Agent Ed Zorax, posing as an...
Ed Zorax of the Future City (1979)
Suspicious goings-on have been happening in the ruins of the Old City, threatening the very foundations of society. Agent Ed Zorax, posing as an...