# Josh Freed

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{{short description|Canadian writer, director and actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Josh Freed''' is a Canadian writer, director and actor.

He has won two [Chris Awards](/source/Chris_Awards) for Best North American Current Affairs Documentary. In Canada, Freed has been nominated for three [Gemini Awards](/source/Gemini_Awards), three [Writers Guild of Canada](/source/Writers_Guild_of_Canada) Awards and a [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award).

He writes a weekly humour column in ''[The Gazette](/source/The_Gazette_(Montreal))''.<ref name="gazette">{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/columnists/Josh_Freed.html|title=Josh Freed|work=Opinion - Columnists|publisher=[The Gazette (Montreal)](/source/The_Gazette_(Montreal))|accessdate=24 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402032805/http://www.montrealgazette.com/columnists/josh_freed.html|archivedate=2 April 2012}}</ref> He received two [National Newspaper Awards](/source/National_Newspaper_Awards) for best Canadian columnist in 1997 and 2002.<ref name="newspaper">{{cite web|url=http://www.joshfreed.ca/newspaper-columns|title=Newspaper Columns|publisher=JoshFreed.ca|accessdate=24 April 2012}}</ref>

==Early life==
Freed was born and raised in Montreal and grew up on De L’Épée Avenue. Being Jewish, he attended [Protestant schools](/source/Protestant_School_Board_of_Greater_Montreal) because Catholic schools did not accept Jewish students at the time.<ref name="actualité">{{cite web|url=http://www2.lactualite.com/freed/2012/03/15/josh-freed-anglophone/|title=Bonjour, mon nom est Josh Freed. Je suis anglophone.|last=Freed|first=Josh|date=2012-03-15|publisher=[L'actualité](/source/L'actualit%C3%A9)|accessdate=24 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127160654/http://www2.lactualite.com/freed/2012/03/15/josh-freed-anglophone/|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*1980: ''Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult''
*1983: ''The Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec''
*1990: ''Sign Language and Other Tales of Montreal Wildlife''
*1996: ''Vive le Québec Freed!''
*1997: ''Fear of Frying...and Other Fax of Life''
*1999: ''2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium''
*2000: ''Press 1 and Pray...and Other Letters from Voice Jail''
*2023: ''Bicycle Bob and the bike revolution'' (about [Robert Silverman (cycling activist)](/source/Robert_Silverman_(cycling_activist)))

The events described in the 1980 book inspired the award-winning movie ''[Ticket to Heaven](/source/Ticket_to_Heaven)'' and led to the creation of [Info-Cult](/source/Info-Cult).<ref name=walrus>{{Cite news|url=https://thewalrus.ca/life-after-doomsday/|title=Life after Doomsday|last=Lewsen|first=Simon|date=April 6, 2017|work=The Walrus|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211173828/https://thewalrus.ca/life-after-doomsday/|archive-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Vice>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mike-kropveld-is-a-cult-sensei/|title=Mike Kropveld is a Cult Sensei|last=Pike|first=Gregory|date=January 5, 2012|work=Vice|access-date=February 4, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204162236/https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvkp3p/mike-kropveld-is-a-cult-sensei|archive-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As director===
*1991 : ''North to Nowhere'' (TV)
*1993 : ''Paradise Lost'' (TV)
*1994 : ''Escaping from History''
*1995 : ''Merchandising Murder''
*1995 : ''The Last Train''
*2000 : ''Selling the Water''
*2000 : ''Polar Bear Safari''
*2002 : ''Juggling Dreams'' (TV)
*2003 : ''To Kill or to Cure'' (TV)
*2004 : ''In Search of Sleep: an Insomniac’s Journey'' (TV)
*2006 : ''China’s Sexual Revolution'' (TV)
*2008 : ''My Messy Life'' (TV)
*2010 : ''Where Did I Put My Memory?'' (TV)

===As a writer===
*1988 : ''A Song for Quebec''
*1992 : ''Between the Solitudes''
*1997 : ''Magic Time''
*2000 : ''Selling the Water''
*2000 : ''Polar Bear Safari''
*2002 : ''Juggling Dreams'' (TV)

===As an actor===
*1981 : ''[Ticket to Heaven](/source/Ticket_to_Heaven)''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0293117}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120614165437/http://www.joshfreed.ca/ JoshFreed.ca]

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