Years active 1998–present Name Michael McGowan | Role Filmmaker | |
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Occupation Film directorFilm producerScreenwriterFilm composer Notable work Saint RalphOne WeekStill Mine Awards Director's Guild of Canada DGC Craft Award2005 Saint RalphLondon Canadian Film Festival Audience Award2005 Saint RalphParis Film Festival Grand Prix2005 Saint RalphWriter's Guild of Canada WGC Award2005 Saint Ralph Books Newton and the Giant, Newton Time Machine Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Canadian Screen Award for Original Screenplay Movies and TV shows Similar People Genevieve Bujold, James Cromwell, Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Liane Balaban | ||
Michael McGowan (born April 14, 1966) is a Canadian filmmaker who wrote and directed the feature films Saint Ralph, One Week, and Still Mine.
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Early life
McGowan was born in Toronto, Ontario, but graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in English.
Career
Returning to Toronto he became a journalist, writing for publications such as Toronto Life and The Globe and Mail.
He then joined the TV industry, helping create the stop-motion children's TV show Henry's World, and then wrote and directed Saint Ralph in 2004, for which he won the Outstanding Achievement in Direction award from the Director's Guild of Canada and the Writer's Guild of Canada award for Best Feature Film.
His film Score: A Hockey Musical was chosen to open the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.
He is also known as a children writer, author of books Newton and the Giant (2004) and Newton and the Time Machine (2009).