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Name
  
Ron Mann

Books
  
Poetry in Motion

Education
  
University of Toronto

Spouse
  
Paty Mann

Role
  
Film director


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Awards
  
Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year, Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary

Movies
  
Comic Book Confidential, Know Your Mushrooms, Altman, Grass, Tales of the Rat Fink

Similar People
  
Robert Altman, Gary Lincoff, Len Blum, Peter Wintonick, Sue Coe

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Ronald "Ron" Mann (born June 13, 1959) is a Canadian documentary film director focusing primarily on aspects of Canadian and American popular culture. 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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His first music video project is "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.

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In 2014, Mann directed the Robert Altman based documentary Altman.

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He resides in Toronto.

Mann is a member of the NORML advisory board.

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Filmography

  • Imagine the Sound (1981)
  • Poetry in Motion (1982)
  • Comic Book Confidential (1988)
  • The Twist (1992)
  • Dream Tower (1994)
  • Grass (1999)
  • Go Further (2003)
  • Tales of the Rat Fink (2006)
  • Know Your Mushrooms (2009)
  • In the Wake of the Flood (2010) featuring author Margaret Atwood
  • Altman (2014)
  • References

    Ron Mann Wikipedia