Michael McGowan
Television producer, Film director
1966 –
Who is Michael McGowan?
Michael McGowan is a Canadian filmmaker who wrote and directed the feature films One Week and Saint Ralph.
McGowan was born in Toronto, Ontario, but graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in English. Returning to Toronto he became a journalist, writing for publications such as Toronto Life and The Globe and Mail.
He then joined the TV industry, helping create the stop-motion children's TV show Henry's World, and then wrote and directed Saint Ralph in 2004, which won the Outstanding Achievement in Direction award from the Director's Guild of Canada and the Writer's Guild of Canada award for Best Feature Film.
His film Score: A Hockey Musical was chosen to open the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.
He is also known as a children writer, author of books Newton and the Giant and Newton and the Time Machine.
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- Born
- Apr 14, 1966
Toronto - Also known as
- Mike McGowan
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Toronto
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on July 23, 2013
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