Nationality Canadian Movies Blackbird Known for Blackbird | Role Film director Name Jason Buxton | |
Occupation film director, screenwriter Awards Canadian Screen Awards - Claude Jutra Award Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Original Screenplay Similar People Michael Buie, Alex Ozerov, Connor Jessup, Alexia Fast, Wayne Burns | ||
Interview with Jason Buxton - Director of Blackbird
Jason Buxton is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed three short films, A Fresh Start, The Garden and The Drawing, before debuting his first full-length feature film, Blackbird, in 2012.
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Career
Buxton's first feature film Blackbird was nominated for two awards at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, including a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It was also a co-winner, alongside Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral, of the Best Canadian First Feature Film award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The film won three awards at that year's Atlantic Film Festival: Best Atlantic Feature, Best Atlantic Director, and the Michael Weir Award for Outstanding Atlantic Screenplay (sponsored by the Michael Weir Foundation for the Arts).
Blackbird also won the 2013 Claude Jutra Award for the year's best Canadian film by a first-time director.
Personal life
Buxton is based in Chester, Nova Scotia.