JAMES DUNNISON, DIRECTOR

Born with Dyslexia and significant Attention Deficit Disorder, James Dunnison naturally ended up in the film industry.

Dunnison’s feature debut STUFF enjoyed international critical acclaim, including glowing reviews from the Los Angeles Times, the Montreal Gazette, Variety, Time Out New York, Le Monde, National Public Radio and the Globe and Mail, which called it "Buzz film of the year … laugh out loud funny, sweet and inventive.” Dunnison’s short black comedy Crack Doll House won Grand Prize at the 1998 Cabbagetown Film Festival by unanimous jury decision, and was later commissioned as a series of shorts for CTV/The Comedy Network, with Dunnison directing. His latest gigs include directing the TV pilot and six additional episodes of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, as well as twelve episodes of HBO Canada’s critical darling Less Than Kind. He has also been a regular director on CTV’s Hiccups, the Lifetime series Blood Ties, CTV’s Whistler, CHUM’s Godiva’s and CTV’s Robson Arms.

Dunnison’s film and television work has garnered numerous awards and nominations – for both drama and comedy. He has two feature films in development, plus the one hour TV series Dirty Work, executive produced by Andre and Maria Jacquemetton, the Emmy-winning head writers of Mad Men.

REPRESENTATION

Ralph Zimmerman
Great North Artists Management
416 925 2051