Nik Sheehan (born 17 March 1960) is a Canadiandocumentary filmmaker, who established an international reputation with No Sad Songs (1985), the first major documentary on AIDS. The film cited by world-renowned specialist Dr. Balfour Mount as "the best film on the planet this year".
God’s Fool (1997), shot in Morocco, tells the story of Scott Symons, a renegade writer of the Canadian establishment who had exiled himself to the seaside town of Essaouira. It premiered at the Toronto International Festival of Authors, where artistic director Greg Gatenby judged it "the best film biography of a writer I have ever seen". God’s Fool was broadcast nationally in primetime on Bravo TV. In 2002, the film opened "Freedom to Read Week" on the BookTelevision digital channel, where it remains in the rotation. Following Symons' death in February 2009, Sheehan wrote and published an obituary in Xtra![1]
In 2017, he made a series of video shorts documenting LGBTQ creators for national Xtra!
After moving from Toronto to Vancouver in 2013, Sheehan produced, co-wrote and directed (with Albert Nerenberg), the climate change documentary feature Who Farted?[9] for documentary Channel[10] (CBC). It was broadcast June 2020 and began streaming on CBC GEM[11] starting September 2020 in Canada. World distribution rights were sold to Syndicado.[12]
^"FLicKeR wins Best Film at the Era New Horizons International Film Festival". news release. National Film Board of Canada. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
sheehan, born, march, 1960, canadian, documentary, filmmaker, established, international, reputation, with, songs, 1985, first, major, documentary, aids, film, cited, world, renowned, specialist, balfour, mount, best, film, planet, this, year, born, 1960, marc. Nik Sheehan born 17 March 1960 is a Canadian documentary filmmaker who established an international reputation with No Sad Songs 1985 the first major documentary on AIDS The film cited by world renowned specialist Dr Balfour Mount as the best film on the planet this year Nik SheehanBorn 1960 03 17 17 March 1960 age 64 London EnglandOccupationDirectorIn 1995 he produced and directed Symposium inspired by Plato s classic and featuring multiple views of gay love as performed by Canadian artists and writers including Brad Fraser Stan Persky Patricia Rozema Tomson Highway Daniel MacIvor and others Premiering at the Montreal World Film Festival it was broadcast extensively by the CBC and created national headlines God s Fool 1997 shot in Morocco tells the story of Scott Symons a renegade writer of the Canadian establishment who had exiled himself to the seaside town of Essaouira It premiered at the Toronto International Festival of Authors where artistic director Greg Gatenby judged it the best film biography of a writer I have ever seen God s Fool was broadcast nationally in primetime on Bravo TV In 2002 the film opened Freedom to Read Week on the BookTelevision digital channel where it remains in the rotation Following Symons death in February 2009 Sheehan wrote and published an obituary in Xtra 1 FLicKeR 2008 written and directed by Sheehan is based on the book Chapel of Extreme Experience 2 by John G Geiger about the work of artist Brion Gysin and his Dreamachine The film features interviews with Marianne Faithfull DJ Spooky Iggy Pop Lee Ranaldo Genesis P Orridge John Giorno Floria Sigismondi and Kenneth Anger FLicKeR premiered in Toronto in 2008 at the international documentary film festival Hot Docs and received the festival s Special Jury Prize for the best Canadian Feature Length Documentary 3 It then went on to win in the Best Film on International Art category at the 2009 Era New Horizons Film Festival in Poland 4 and was also nominated for a 2009 Gemini Award in the category of Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series and best original score by composer Edmund Eagan 5 Sheehan was also nominated for a Canadian screenwriting award by the Writers Guild of Canada 6 His essay on the Toronto art group General Idea in the collection Queers Were Here 7 Biblioasis 2016 was acclaimed in the Literary Review of Canada 8 In 2017 he made a series of video shorts documenting LGBTQ creators for national Xtra After moving from Toronto to Vancouver in 2013 Sheehan produced co wrote and directed with Albert Nerenberg the climate change documentary feature Who Farted 9 for documentary Channel 10 CBC It was broadcast June 2020 and began streaming on CBC GEM 11 starting September 2020 in Canada World distribution rights were sold to Syndicado 12 Sheehan has worked as a literary critic essayist and biographer publishing in Montage POV the National Post Now Toronto Life Quill amp Quire Masthead and fab Contents 1 Films selection 2 Awards selection 3 References 4 External linksFilms selection editNo Sad Songs 1985 Symposium Ladder of Love 1995 God s Fool 1997 The Drawing Master 2004 FLicKeR 2008 Who Farted 13 film 2019 Awards selection edit2008 Hot Docs Special Jury Prize Best Canadian Feature Documentary FLicKeR 2009 Era New Horizons Film Festival Wroclaw Poland Best Film in the International Films on Art Competition FLicKeR 14 References edit Scott Symons Proud Life Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Xtra 12 March 2009 Geiger John Chapel of Extreme Experience Hot Docs 2008 Awards Era New Horizons Film Festival 2009 competition results Nominees by Category the 24th Annual Gemini Awards Archived from the original on 27 February 2012 2009 Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award Queers Were Here Biblioasis 21 June 2016 ISBN 978 1771960861 What Makes A Gay Icon Who Farted documentary Channel Who Farted on CBC GEM Syndicado Who Farted IMDb FLicKeR wins Best Film at the Era New Horizons International Film Festival news release National Film Board of Canada 4 August 2009 Retrieved 10 August 2009 External links editNik Sheehan at IMDb FLicKeR film site Brion Gysin Tribute Who Farted film site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nik Sheehan amp oldid 1184933896, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
