Karl R. Hearne
Karl Raudsepp Hearne is a film director and screenwriter, whose feature directorial debut Touched premiered on the film festival circuit in 2017 before being released theatrically in 2018.[1]
Raised in Montreal and Dublin, Ireland, he studied at McGill University before pursuing a doctorate at Nanjing University.[2] He later returned to Montreal, where he spent a year studying film at Concordia University.[3]
His short film Song, a Chinese ghost story with dialogue predominantly in Mandarin, received the Prix Fasken-Martineau in 2003,[4] and received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards.[5]
Following his 2007 short film Stuff, he took some time away from film to help a friend start a business, but found that he was wrapped up in that business for much longer than he had planned to be.[1] When he decided to return to film in the mid-2010s, he quickly secured funding from Telefilm Canada to make Touched.[1]
Touched was nominated for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[6]
Filmography[]
References[]
- ^ a b c Bill Brownstein, "Montreal filmmaker takes long route to feature film directorial debut". Montreal Gazette, September 27, 2018.
- ^ "Local boy makes good". Montreal Gazette, August 31, 2002.
- ^ a b "Film students prove that their art matters". The Concordian, March 13, 2002.
- ^ "SilenceOnCourt online winners". Playback, July 7, 2003.
- ^ "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". Montreal Gazette, January 29, 2003.
- ^ "Touched". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
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