{{Short description|Canadian writer and filmmaker}} '''Alex Pugsley''' (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker,<ref>Allison Lawlor, "Pugsley sets debut coming-of-age novel in Halifax". ''Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', July 13, 2020.</ref> most noted for directing the 2014 film ''Dirty Singles''.<ref>"Dirty Singles: Novelist, TV writer Pugsley turns director". ''Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', November 13, 2014.</ref>
In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published ''Kay Darling'', an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will.<ref>Andy Lamey, "Toronto novel reads like sociological tract". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 21, 1994.</ref>
As a filmmaker, he directed the short films ''The Pargonopers'' (1997), ''James O'Reilly in Parkdale'' (1997),<ref>Jennie Punter, "Anything goes at shorts fest". ''Toronto Star'', May 29, 1998.</ref> and ''Fidelio'' (1998).<ref>"Short films to air". ''The Daily Gleaner'', April 2, 1998.</ref> He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series ''My Best Friend Is an Alien'', ''Liocracy'',<ref>Marla Cranston, "Liocracy premiere tomorrow". ''Halifax Daily News'', November 10, 2002.</ref> ''The Eleventh Hour'', ''The Gavin Crawford Show'',<ref>Peggy Curran, "Sketch comedy drawn well". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 12, 2002.</ref> ''The Jane Show'',<ref>"THE JANE SHOW - A Global Television Series Premiere". ''Canada NewsWire'', May 15, 2006.</ref> ''Baxter'',<ref>"Family Channel gets an education in the performing arts with premiere of new original series, Baxter". ''Canada NewsWire'', May 11, 2010.</ref> ''15/Love'', ''Life with Derek'' and ''Hudson & Rex''.<ref>Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2019/09/23/hudson-rex-showrunner-derek-schreyer-teases-season-2/ "Hudson & Rex showrunner Derek Schreyer teases Season 2"]. ''TV, eh?'', September 23, 2019.</ref>
His solo debut novel, ''Aubrey McKee'', was published in 2020.<ref>Brett Josef Grubisic, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2020/06/19/set-in-halifax-exuberant-freewheeling-stories-about-the-insanity-of-being-human.html "Set in Halifax: Exuberant, freewheeling stories about the insanity of being human"]. ''Toronto Star'', June 19, 2020.</ref> He followed up with the short story collection ''Shimmer'' in 2022.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/66-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2022-1.6283875 "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022"]. CBC Books, January 11, 2022.</ref>
==Awards==
He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for the ''My Best Friend Is an Alien'' episode "I Am Larrabe Hicks!", and a nomination alongside Sean Reycraft for Best Writing in a Drama Series at the 18th Gemini Awards in 2003 for the ''Eleventh Hour'' episode "Shelter".
Along with Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen and Cathy Gordon, he is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee for his work on ''The Gavin Crawford Show''.
He won the Journey Prize in 2012 for his short story "Crisis on Earth-X".<ref>"Nanaimo writer wins Rogers fiction prize". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', November 8, 2012.</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0700128}}
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