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Nationality
  
Canadian

Music director
  
The last movie

Role
  
Television Director

Name
  
Bruce Pittman

Years active
  
1966–present



Full Name
  
Ronald Bruce Pittman

Born
  
1950
Toronto, Ontario

Occupation
  
Film director, film producer

Nominations
  
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Movies
  
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, To Brave Alaska, Shattered City: The Halifax E, Harrison Bergeron, Where the Spirit Lives

Similar People
  
Lisa Schrage, Wendy Lyon, Richard Monette, Winston Rekert, Vincent Walsh

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Ronald Bruce Pittman, (b. 1950) is an award-winning Canadian television and film director. He directed the 1989 film Where the Spirit Lives, which won 3 awards internationally and has been nominated for multiple Gemini and other awards.

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He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and the Directors Guild of America.

Early life and career

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Pittman attended Park Lawn Public School, Royal York Collegiate and Kipling Collegiate in Etobicoke, Ontario.

In 1966, he made his first film, which received an Honorable Mention at the Kodak Student Film Festival in Rochester, New York.

Pittman began full time filmmaking in 1973 with documentary films about other filmmakers: Freddie Young and John Frankenheimer.

Filmography

  • I Know a Secret (1982) based on a short story by Amy Cooper

    • Major Awards and nominations

  • 1989, Where the Spirit Lives (1989), Gold Plaque (Television Production - Feature Film Made for TV - Network Special Achievement in Direction), Chicago International Film Festival.
  • 1989, Where the Spirit Lives (1989), Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival.
  • 1990, Where the Spirit Lives (1989), Lucas Award (Children's Section), Lucas - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People.
  • 1990, Where the Spirit Lives (1989), nominated for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Gemini Award
  • 1993, Beyond Reality (1991), nominated for Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series, Gemini Award
  • 1996, Harrison Bergeron (1995), nominated for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Gemini Award
  • 2004, Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003), nominated for DGC Team Award (Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie or Mini-Series), Directors Guild of Canada
  • 2004, Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003), nominated for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Gemini Award

    • References

    Bruce Pittman Wikipedia
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