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Canadian Famous
20137 min 14 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Kevin McMahon
Production: Gerry FlahiveSilva Basmajian
Script: Kevin McMahonEric Peterson
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation.
You can be Canadian. And you can be famous. But when you are “Canadian famous,” like acclaimed actor Eric Peterson, you sometimes find that your face, your name, and your work on TV and on stage aren’t always, well, synchronized, in the minds of your fans. This might have something to do with the dominance of the mighty American star-making machinery, which knows no borders. But ultimately, Peterson, whose stints as Billy Bishop or as Oscar on Corner Gas have secured him a place in the nation’s cultural treasure trove, chooses to express gratitude to the Canadians who do prize his talents—and sets out, on foot, to thank every single one of them…
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Subject categories
- Film and Video Arts > ActingPortraits
- Theater > Portraits
- Arts Education > Drama
- Diversity > Identity
- Media Education > Popular Culture
Credits
- recipient
- Eric Peterson
- director
- Kevin McMahon
- writer
- Kevin McMahon
- Eric Peterson
- picture editor
- Robert Swartz
- director of photography
- John Minh Tran
- sound recordist
- Sanjay Mehta
- location manager
- Vanessa Shah
- production manager
- Rachel Punwassie
- gaffer
- Scott Burton
- hair artist
- Heather Calvert
- makeup artist
- Heather Calvert
- data management technician
- Chris Goll
- production assistant
- Chris Niesing
- online editor
- Andrew Mandziuk
- post picture facility
- Fearless Films
- re-recording
- Grant Edmonds
- audio editor
- Gabe Knox
- post sound facility
- The Dark Studio
- production supervisor
- Mark Wilson
- technical coordinator
- Marcus Matyas
- centre administrator
- Josiah Rothenberg
- supervising project manager
- Rachel Punwassie
- producer
- Gerry Flahive
- executive producer
- Silva Basmajian