'''Curtis Wehrfritz''' is a Canadian film and music video director and artist.<ref name=brown>Dan Brown, "Canadian noir delivers". ''[[National Post]]'', November 12, 1999.</ref> He is most noted as the winner of the [[Juno Award]] for [[Juno Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 1993]], for his video for [[Leonard Cohen]]'s "[[Closing Time (Leonard Cohen song)|Closing Time]]".<ref name=dafoe>Chris Dafoe, "Women have come a long way at Junos: Celine Dion, who hosted last night's ceremony, and k.d. lang were the big winners in a show where female performers dominated most of the major categories and Anne Murray was given Hall of Fames honours". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 22, 1993.</ref>
Other artists for whom he has directed videos have included [[Chalk Circle (Canadian band)|Chalk Circle]], [[The Grapes of Wrath (band)|The Grapes of Wrath]], [[Tom Cochrane]], [[54-40 (band)|54-40]], [[Holly Cole Trio]], [[Blue Rodeo]], [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]], [[The Philosopher Kings]], [[Odds (band)|Odds]], [[Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts]], [[Mae Moore]], [[Cassandra Vasik]] and [[Crowded House]].
In 1999 he directed the theatrical feature film ''[[Four Days (1999 film)|Four Days]]''.<ref name=brown/> He subsequently left filmmaking, and pursued work in visual arts, working primarily in [[daguerreotype]] and [[Collodion process|wet plate]] photography.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/torontos-must-see-art-shows-galleries_1/ "Toronto’s must-see art shows: Galleries"]. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', May 6, 2015.</ref>
==Awards== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! Award ! Year ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Ref(s) |- |rowspan=2|[[Genie Awards]] |[[14th Genie Awards|1993]] |[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Best Art Direction/Production Design]] |''[[Tectonic Plates (film)|Tectonic Plates]]'' |{{nom}} |<ref>"The nominees are...". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', October 20, 1993.</ref> |- |[[20th Genie Awards|2000]] |[[Claude Jutra Award]] |''[[Four Days (1999 film)|Four Days]]'' |{{nom}} |<ref>John Griffin and Jay Stone, "Bright day for Sunshine: European epic leads Genies, Egoyan's Felicia's Journey is close behind". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', December 8, 1999.</ref> |- |rowspan=8| [[Juno Awards]] |rowspan=3| [[Juno Awards of 1993|1993]] |rowspan=8| [[Juno Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] |[[Leonard Cohen]], "[[Closing Time (Leonard Cohen song)|Closing Time]]" |{{won}} |<ref name=dafoe/> |- |[[Tom Cochrane]], "No Regrets" |{{nom}} |rowspan=2|<ref>"Juno Award nominations". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', February 10, 1993.</ref> |- |[[54-40 (band)|54-40]], "[[She La]]" |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|[[Juno Awards of 1994|1994]] |[[Leonard Cohen]], "The Future" |{{nom}} |rowspan=2|<ref>"Complete list of nominations of Juno Awards". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 9, 1994.</ref> |- |[[Holly Cole Trio]], "I Can See Clearly Now" |{{nom}} |- |[[Juno Awards of 1995|1995]] |[[Blue Rodeo]], "Bad Timing" |{{nom}} |<ref>Jane Stevenson, "Arden, Hip, Symphony lead Juno nods". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', February 9, 1995.</ref> |- |[[Juno Awards of 1996|1996]] |[[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]], "Sister Awake" |{{nom}} |<ref>"Biscuit and Monkeys shoot for Junos". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', February 1, 1996.</ref> |- |[[Juno Awards of 1997|1997]] |[[Odds (band)|Odds]], "[[Someone Who's Cool]]" |{{nom}} |<ref>"Dion and Tragically Hip top Juno list". [[Canadian Press]], January 29, 1997.</ref> |- |rowspan=7| [[MuchMusic Video Awards]] |1990 |VideoFACT Award |[[Chalk Circle (Canadian band)|Chalk Circle]], "Together" |{{won}} |<ref>Chris Dafoe, "Fresh Wes video tops awards". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 26, 1990.</ref> |- |1991 |rowspan=6|[[MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director|Best Director]] |[[The Grapes of Wrath (band)|The Grapes of Wrath]], "I Am Here" |{{won}} |<ref>Larry LeBlanc, "Much Ado About MuchMusic's Canadian Awards". ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', October 12, 1991.</ref> |- |rowspan=2|1992 |[[Tom Cochrane]], "No Regrets" |{{won}} |<ref>"54-40 takes top video award". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', September 28, 1992.</ref> |- |[[54-40]], "[[She La]]" |{{nom}} |<ref>Nick Krewen, "Video awards air Saturday". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', September 24, 1992.</ref> |- |1994 |[[Blue Rodeo]], "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" |{{won}} |<ref>"Video director big winner: Top technical nod goes to Blue Rodeo video". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', September 30, 1994.</ref> |- |1995 |[[The Philosopher Kings]], "[[Charms (The Philosopher Kings song)|Charms]]" |{{nom}} | |- |1996 |[[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]], "Sister Awake" |{{won}} |<ref>Elizabeth Renzetti, "MacIsaac garners 3 awards; Ironic video wins international category". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 20, 1996.</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.fluidrive.ca/}} *{{IMDb name|0917619}}
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