# Brian Clement > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Clement > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Clement.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clement > Source revision: 1343391158 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian independent film director, writer, and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Brian Clement | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|21}} | birth_place = [Kelowna](/source/Kelowna), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada | occupation = director, writer, and producer | known_for = ''Meat Market'' film series }} '''Brian Clement''' (born March 21, 1977) is a Canadian [independent film](/source/independent_film) director, writer, and producer. He is most well known for his low budget [zombie film](/source/zombie_film)s, including ''[Meat Market](/source/Meat_Market_(film))'', ''[Meat Market 2](/source/Meat_Market_2)'', and ''[Meat Market 3](/source/Meat_Market_3)''.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=4b0c2d70-0872-460c-95ba-8d8fb6b91504|title=Time for zombies to R.I.P.|work=[Times Colonist](/source/Times_Colonist)|date=2007-10-31|accessdate=2013-12-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325151253/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=4b0c2d70-0872-460c-95ba-8d8fb6b91504|archivedate=2014-03-25}}{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/266948/horror-dead-cheap|title=Horror on the dead cheap|last=Newton|first=Steve|work=[Straight.com](/source/Straight.com)|date=2005-12-01|accessdate=2013-12-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216055818/http://www.straight.com/movies/266948/horror-dead-cheap|archivedate=2013-12-16}} == Life and career == Clement was born in [Kelowna](/source/Kelowna), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), but his family moved to [Victoria, British Columbia](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), in 1980, where he grew up. He lived for a year in Japan teaching English from 1996 to 1997 and met several relatives; Clement is of Japanese-Canadian and English descent. His mother is Japanese-Canadian. His second middle name is the Japanese name "Haruo". In Victoria, Clement made several short films and an historical drama feature in 1999. In 2000, ''Meat Market'', made for under $CAD 2,000, was picked up for distribution by Sub Rosa Cinema (later SRS Cinema), based out of upstate New York. During his time working on low-budget and direct-to-video features in Victoria, he won several local awards including three M-Awards from ''[Monday Magazine](/source/Monday_Magazine)'' for his films. Clement's 2003 feature ''Exhumed'' won Best Independent Feature at the 2004 ''[Fangoria](/source/Fangoria)'' Days of Darkness Convention's Film Competition in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles). After several zombie films, he decided that he wanted to branch out to [psychological thriller](/source/psychological_thriller)s and [science fiction](/source/science_fiction). He was tempted back to zombie films in 2006 for ''Meat Market 3'' when UK-based Cryptkeeper Films offered to produce it. His final feature in Victoria was ''Dark Paradox'', a 2007 film about a writer who battles a cult that worships an extra-dimensional tentacled entity. It screened in 2008 at the [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) Riofan Fantastic Film Fest and the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon). In 2008, he moved to [Toronto](/source/Toronto) and worked on several short films and directed music videos for Canadian music groups Hank & Lily and Techromancer. In 2009, he wrote a sci-fi/horror conspiracy thriller screenplay, which was reworked into ''[Project Breakwater](/source/Project_Breakwater)'', a [science fiction film](/source/science_fiction_film) about an alien scientist studying humanity.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/01/06/for_the_love_of_gore_b_movie_industry_flourishing_in_toronto.html|title=For the love of gore: B movie industry flourishing in Toronto|last=Horkay|first=Alex|work=[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)|date=2011-01-06|accessdate=2013-12-14}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/01/06/bigbudget_dreaming.html|title=Big-budget dreaming|last=Horkay|first=Alex|work=[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)|date=2011-01-06|accessdate=2013-12-14}} In 2012, he adapted and expanded the same original screenplay to the unrelated novel ''The Final Transmission'', which was published by Damnation Books in December 2013.{{cite web|url=http://standardaction.zombieorpheus.com/2013/09/06/the-lonely-dragon-talk-show-episode-3-brian-clement/|title=The Lonely Dragon Talk Show: Episode 3 – Brian Clement|work=Standard Action|date=2013-09-06|accessdate=2013-12-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215214214/http://standardaction.zombieorpheus.com/2013/09/06/the-lonely-dragon-talk-show-episode-3-brian-clement/|archivedate=2013-12-15}}{{cite web|last=Young|first=Sarrah October|title=Crime, Conspiracy & Cranberry Juice: My Evening with Brian Clement|work=G33KPR0N|date=2014-01-13|url=http://www.g33kpron.com/crime-conspiracy-cranberry-juice-my-evening-with-brian-clement/#.UuFAOZwo6M8|accessdate=2014-01-23}} == Filmography == === Films === * ''[Meat Market](/source/Meat_Market_(film))'' (2000) * ''[Meat Market 2](/source/Meat_Market_2)'' (2001) * ''[Binge & Purge](/source/Binge_%26_Purge_(film))'' (2002) * ''[Exhumed](/source/Exhumed_(film))'' (2003) * ''[The Dead Inside](/source/The_Dead_Inside_(2005_film))'' (2005) * ''[Meat Market 3](/source/Meat_Market_3)'' (2006) * ''[Dark Paradox](/source/Dark_Paradox)'' (2007) * ''[Project Breakwater](/source/Project_Breakwater)'' (2012) === Web series === * ''[Improbabilia](/source/Improbabilia)'' (2013) == Bibliography == * ''The Final Transmission'' (2013) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb name|1309634}} * {{Official website|http://www.brianclement.com/}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clement, Brian}} Category:1977 births Category:Film directors from British Columbia Category:Canadian horror writers Category:Canadian people of English descent Category:Canadian people of Japanese descent Category:Canadian science fiction writers Category:Living people Category:Writers from Kelowna Category:Asian-Canadian filmmakers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brian Clement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clement) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clement?action=history)). 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