Directing
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Paizs (born in 1957) is a director, writer and actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1985 his much-celebrated independent comedy Crime Wave was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was the male lead and also wrote and directed the film. He worked on several TV series, but has not made another feature film until 1999's Top of the Food Chain, a stylish, low-budget sendup of Golden Age '50s science fiction movies. John is currently the Director in Residence at the Canadian Film Centre. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paizs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
as Fertility Doctor (voice)
2024

Marker
as Director
2005

Top of the Food Chain
as Director
1999

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
as Self - filmmaker
1997

Smoked Lizard Lips
1991

The Kids in the Hall
as Director
1989

Crime Wave
as Steven Penny, Director, Writer, Graphic Designer, Producer, Production Design, Editor, Art Direction
1985

The International Style
as Nick, Writer, Director
1983

Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
as Nick, Director, Writer
1982

Springtime in Greenland
as Nick, Writer, Director, Cinematography, Editor
1981

The Obsession of Billy Botski
as Billy Botski, Director, Writer
1980

Ed Zorax of the Future City
as Writer, Director, Producer
1979

Highway 61 Revisited
as Director
1978

The Dreamer
as Director
1977

Ho Down
as Director
1976

The Nine to Five Crack
as Director
1974