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'''Gary Burns''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[film]] writer and director. Born in [[Calgary, Alberta]], Gary Burns studied Drama at the [[University of Calgary]] before attending [[Concordia University]], where he graduated in 1992 from the Fine Arts film program.
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'''Gary Burns''' (born 1960) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[film]] writer and director. Burns studied drama at the [[University of Calgary]] before attending [[Concordia University (Quebec)|Concordia University]], where he graduated in 1992 from the Fine Arts film program.
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Many of his films are shot in Calgary, and contain references to the particularities of living in the city. The [[Plus 15]] system becomes the [[habitrail]] of urban semi-professionals in ''waydowntown'' and the [[Calgary Transit|public transportation system]] becomes a node where lives intersect in ''The Suburbanators''. [[Radiant City]] examines the seemingly endless amount of suburban neighbourhoods that has overtaken Calgary.


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Born in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], many of Burns' films are shot in Calgary, and contain references to the particularities of living in the city. The [[Plus 15]] system becomes the [[habitrail]] of urban semi-professionals in [[waydowntown]] and the [[Calgary Transit|public transportation system]] becomes a node where lives intersect in ''The Suburbanators''. ''[[Radiant City]]'' examines the seemingly endless amount of suburban neighbourhoods that has overtaken Calgary.
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==Film festival acceptance==
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His works have been very well received at Canadian film festivals. His first feature film, ''The Suburbanators'', debuted at the 1995 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], where it placed in the top ten Canadian films and was also invited to the [[Sundance film festival]] in 1996. At the 1997 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], he was awarded Best Emerging Director for ''[[Kitchen Party (film)|Kitchen Party]]'', a "teenage house party gone wrong" comedy. His film ''waydowntown'' was given the Best Canadian Feature prize at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. His 2006 film, ''Radiant City'', co-directed with Jim Brown, garnered the Special Jury Prize at the Vancouver International Film Festival.


Burns is an alumnus of the University of Calgary's television program.
There is also another Gray Burns... he is quite... well the word that people tend to use is FUGLY (a funny ugly). He would resemble Rocky Dennis from the film mask.. also he looks like he has been set on fire then put out with a golf shoe.. afterwards he would look like melted stickle bricks..


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==Film festival acceptance==
Also any time you see him.. ask him one thing.... WHERES YOUR GIRL.???
His works have been very well received at Canadian film festivals. His first feature film, ''[[The Suburbanators]]'', debuted at the 1995 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], where it placed in the top ten Canadian films and was also invited to the [[Sundance film festival]] in 1996. It is a comedy/[[road movie]] about bored suburban slackers in Calgary.


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At the 1997 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], he was awarded Best Emerging Director for ''[[Kitchen Party (film)|Kitchen Party]]'', a "teenage house party gone wrong" comedy. His film ''waydowntown'' was given the Best Canadian Feature prize at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref name="TIFF 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tiff.net/thefestival/about/awards/awardsarchive|title=TIFF Awards - Awards Archive|accessdate=2011-02-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227054702/http://tiff.net/thefestival/about/awards/awardsarchive|archivedate=2010-12-27}}</ref> His 2006 film, ''[[Radiant City]]'', co-directed with [[Jim Brown (radio host)|Jim Brown]], garnered the Special Jury Prize at the Vancouver International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web
Also for entertainment value. check out this link..lol.
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| url = http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=53256
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==
* [[The Suburbanators]] - 1995
* ''[[The Suburbanators]]'' - 1995
* [[Kitchen Party (film)|Kitchen Party]] - 1997
* ''[[Kitchen Party (film)|Kitchen Party]]'' - 1997
* [[Fuck Coke]] - 1999
* ''[[Fuck Coke]]'' - 1999
* [[waydowntown]] - 2000
* ''[[waydowntown]]'' - 2000
* [[A Problem with Fear]] - 2003
* ''[[A Problem with Fear]]'' - 2003
* [[Radiant City]] - 2006
* ''[[Radiant City]]'' - 2006
* ''[[The Future Is Now!]]'' - 2010
* ''[[Man Running (film)|Man Running]]'' - 2018
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0122672|name=Gary Burns}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0122672|name=Gary Burns}}

* [http://www.lot47.com/waydowntown/bio_garyburns.html 2001 Bio at Lot 47 Films]
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[[Category:University of Calgary alumni]]
[[Category:Concordia University alumni]]
[[Category:Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Documentary Film]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Alberta]]


*[http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=10&navid=46 Canadian Film Encyclopedia] [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]


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Gary Burns
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Calgary, Alberta
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1995 - Present

Gary Burns (born 1960) is a Canadian film writer and director. Burns studied drama at the University of Calgary before attending Concordia University, where he graduated in 1992 from the Fine Arts film program.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, many of Burns' films are shot in Calgary, and contain references to the particularities of living in the city. The Plus 15 system becomes the habitrail of urban semi-professionals in waydowntown and the public transportation system becomes a node where lives intersect in The Suburbanators. Radiant City examines the seemingly endless amount of suburban neighbourhoods that has overtaken Calgary.

Burns is an alumnus of the University of Calgary's television program.

Film festival acceptance

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His works have been very well received at Canadian film festivals. His first feature film, The Suburbanators, debuted at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival, where it placed in the top ten Canadian films and was also invited to the Sundance film festival in 1996. It is a comedy/road movie about bored suburban slackers in Calgary.

At the 1997 Vancouver International Film Festival, he was awarded Best Emerging Director for Kitchen Party, a "teenage house party gone wrong" comedy. His film waydowntown was given the Best Canadian Feature prize at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] His 2006 film, Radiant City, co-directed with Jim Brown, garnered the Special Jury Prize at the Vancouver International Film Festival.[2]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "TIFF Awards - Awards Archive". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  2. ^ "National Film Board of Canada".
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