Ron Mann

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Ron Mann

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        1958-

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        Documentary filmmaker Ron Mann was born in Toronto in 1958. His parents had immigrated to Toronto in 1952, and his father owned and operated an electronics store. Mann began making films at the age of 12, and by 21 he had completed his first feature (The Only Game in Town). He made his feature debut with Imagine the Sound two years later, followed shortly by Poetry in Motion.
        Mann worked briefly in Los Angeles, but returned to Toronto where he created such well-received films as Comic Book Confidential, The Twist, Dream Tower, Grass, and Go Further. Over the course of his career, Mann has earned several awards including two Genies and two ‘Best Documentary’ awards from the Chicago Film Festival. Mann has also produced and directed a number of short films and features by directors such as Jim Sheddden, Robert Kennedy and Peter Wintonick. Wintonick, inspired to make his first documentary after meeting Mann and working as editor on Poetry in Motion, later went on to direct Manufacturing Consent, which has been called the most successful documentary in Canadian film history (the film has won 22 awards, been screened in more than 50 international festivals, and has been translated into a dozen languages). Mann has also worked extensively with executive producer Martin Harbury.
        In the summer of 2003, Mann and Toronto film and music promoter Gary Topp launched an independent film distribution company called Filmswelike; through this project, they distributed such documentaries as The Weather Underground, Superstar in a Housedress, Dig! and Incident at Loch Ness.
        Mann lives in Toronto with his wife, Paty, and their children. His production company, Sphinx Productions, is also based there.

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          Sources

          Canadian Film Encyclopedia Ron Mann https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/ron-mann

          Sphinx Productions—About Ron: http://www.sphinxproductions.com/ron-mann/

          CBC Digital Archives – Ron Mann’s Comic Book Confidential http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/film/general-1…

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