{{Short description|Canadian actor and director}} {{Infobox person | name = Blake Mawson | image = Blake Mawson 2017.jpg | caption = Mawson in 2017 | birth_name = Blake Mawson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|04|24}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | education = | occupation = Actor, filmmaker, screenwriter | years_active = 2001–present | notable_works = ''Pyotr495'' | website = }} '''Blake Mawson''' (born April 24, 1984) is a Canadian actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter.<ref name=filmint>[http://filmint.nu/?p=18639 "The Horrors of "PYOTR495": An Interview with Blake Mawson"]. ''Film International'', June 21, 2016.</ref> After beginning his career as an actor in the 2000s, Mawson later attracted acclaim as director of the short film ''Pyotr495'' (2016), for which he won several accolades.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Early life and education == Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mawson is a graduate of the Directors' Lab program at the Canadian Film Centre.<ref>[http://playbackonline.ca/2017/07/07/cfc-names-film-program-residents/ "CFC names film program residents"]. ''Playback'', July 7, 2017.</ref>
== Career == Mawson began his career in the early 2000s as an actor and later attracted acclaim for his filmmaking work, most notably as director of the short film ''Pyotr495'', for which he won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016 Inside Out Film and Video Festival and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=2016-06-07 |title=Closet Monster Wins at Inside Out - Northernstars.ca |url=http://www.northernstars.ca/closet-monster-wins-inside/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619013855/http://www.northernstars.ca/closet-monster-wins-inside/ |archive-date=2016-06-19 |access-date=2026-03-18 |work=Northernstars.ca |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">[https://www.academy.ca/2019/blake-mawson/ "Blake Mawson"]. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.</ref>
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''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
His feature film debut, tentatively titled ''The Viridian'', is in development and was selected for Inside Out's 2020 Finance Forum.<ref>Leo Barraclough, [https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/inside-out-lgbtq-film-festival-finance-forum-1234601755/ "Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival Reveals Finance Forum Lineup"]. ''Variety'', May 8, 2020.</ref>
== Personal life == Mawson is out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.<ref name=filmint/>
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==External links== *{{official website|https://www.blakemawson.com/}} *{{IMDb name|1399910}}
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