# Curtis Wehrfritz

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**Curtis Wehrfritz** is a Canadian film and music video director and artist.[1] He is most noted as the winner of the [Juno Award](/source/Juno_Award) for [Video of the Year](/source/Juno_Award_for_Video_of_the_Year) at the [Juno Awards of 1993](/source/Juno_Awards_of_1993), for his video for [Leonard Cohen](/source/Leonard_Cohen)'s "[Closing Time](/source/Closing_Time_(Leonard_Cohen_song))".[2]

Other artists for whom he has directed videos have included [Chalk Circle](/source/Chalk_Circle_(Canadian_band)), [The Grapes of Wrath](/source/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_(band)), [Tom Cochrane](/source/Tom_Cochrane), [54-40](/source/54-40_(band)), [Holly Cole Trio](/source/Holly_Cole_Trio), [Blue Rodeo](/source/Blue_Rodeo), [The Tea Party](/source/The_Tea_Party_(band)), [The Philosopher Kings](/source/The_Philosopher_Kings), [Odds](/source/Odds_(band)), [Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts](/source/Barney_Bentall_and_the_Legendary_Hearts), [Mae Moore](/source/Mae_Moore), [Cassandra Vasik](/source/Cassandra_Vasik) and [Crowded House](/source/Crowded_House).

In 1999 he directed the theatrical feature film *[Four Days](/source/Four_Days_(1999_film))*.[1] He subsequently left filmmaking, and pursued work in visual arts, working primarily in [daguerreotype](/source/Daguerreotype) and [wet plate](/source/Collodion_process) photography.[3]

## Awards

Award Year Category Work Result Ref(s) Genie Awards 1993 Best Art Direction/Production Design Tectonic Plates Nominated [4] 2000 Claude Jutra Award Four Days Nominated [5] Juno Awards 1993 Video of the Year Leonard Cohen, "Closing Time" Won [2] Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets" Nominated [6] 54-40, "She La" Nominated 1994 Leonard Cohen, "The Future" Nominated [7] Holly Cole Trio, "I Can See Clearly Now" Nominated 1995 Blue Rodeo, "Bad Timing" Nominated [8] 1996 The Tea Party, "Sister Awake" Nominated [9] 1997 Odds, "Someone Who's Cool" Nominated [10] MuchMusic Video Awards 1990 VideoFACT Award Chalk Circle, "Together" Won [11] 1991 Best Director The Grapes of Wrath, "I Am Here" Won [12] 1992 Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets" Won [13] 54-40, "She La" Nominated [14] 1994 Blue Rodeo, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" Won [15] 1995 The Philosopher Kings, "Charms" Nominated 1996 The Tea Party, "Sister Awake" Won [16]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-brown_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-brown_1-1) Dan Brown, "Canadian noir delivers". *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, November 12, 1999.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dafoe_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dafoe_2-1) 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](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, March 22, 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Toronto’s must-see art shows: Galleries"](https://nowtoronto.com/art-and-books/torontos-must-see-art-shows-galleries_1/). *[Now](/source/Now_(newspaper))*, May 6, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "The nominees are...". *[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)*, October 20, 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** John Griffin and Jay Stone, "Bright day for Sunshine: European epic leads Genies, Egoyan's Felicia's Journey is close behind". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, December 8, 1999.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Juno Award nominations". *[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)*, February 10, 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Complete list of nominations of Juno Awards". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, February 9, 1994.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Jane Stevenson, "Arden, Hip, Symphony lead Juno nods". *[Halifax Daily News](/source/Halifax_Daily_News)*, February 9, 1995.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "Biscuit and Monkeys shoot for Junos". *[Hamilton Spectator](/source/Hamilton_Spectator)*, February 1, 1996.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** "Dion and Tragically Hip top Juno list". [Canadian Press](/source/Canadian_Press), January 29, 1997.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Chris Dafoe, "Fresh Wes video tops awards". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, June 26, 1990.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Larry LeBlanc, "Much Ado About MuchMusic's Canadian Awards". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*, October 12, 1991.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** "54-40 takes top video award". *[Hamilton Spectator](/source/Hamilton_Spectator)*, September 28, 1992.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Nick Krewen, "Video awards air Saturday". *[Hamilton Spectator](/source/Hamilton_Spectator)*, September 24, 1992.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** "Video director big winner: Top technical nod goes to Blue Rodeo video". *[Halifax Daily News](/source/Halifax_Daily_News)*, September 30, 1994.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Elizabeth Renzetti, "MacIsaac garners 3 awards; Ironic video wins international category". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, September 20, 1996.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.fluidrive.ca/)

- [Curtis Wehrfritz](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917619/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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