Blake Mawson

Blake Mawson (born April 24, 1984) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter.[1] He is most noted as director of the short film Pyotr495, for which he won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016 Inside Out Film and Video Festival[2] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series.[3]

Blake Mawson in 2017

As an actor, he had a starring role in Gore, Quebec, as well as small parts in the films X2, Freddy vs. Jason, Poison Ivy: The Secret Society and Nurse 3D, and the television series Sk8, Cold Squad, The Evidence, Blade and The Strain.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mawson is a graduate of the Directors' Lab program at the Canadian Film Centre.[4] His feature film debut, tentatively titled The Viridian, is in development and was selected for Inside Out's 2020 Finance Forum.[5]

He is out as LGBT.[1]

References
  1. "The Horrors of “PYOTR495”: An Interview with Blake Mawson". Film International, June 21, 2016.
  2. "Closet Monster Wins at Inside Out". Northern Stars, June 7, 2016.
  3. "Blake Mawson". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
  4. "CFC names film program residents". Playback, July 7, 2017.
  5. Leo Barraclough, "Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival Reveals Finance Forum Lineup". Variety, May 8, 2020.


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