Leonard Farlinger

{{Short description|Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter}} '''Leonard Farlinger''' is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter.<ref name=filmsinreview>[http://www.filmsinreview.com/2001/01/12/the-perfect-son/ "The Perfect Son"]. ''Films in Review'', January 12, 2001.</ref> Farlinger and his wife, Jennifer Jonas, are partners in the production firm New Real Films.<ref name=filmsinreview />

==Early career== In 1990, Farlinger completed the Cineplex Entertainment Film Program (Directors' Lab) at the Canadian Film Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cfccreates.com/alumni/2045|title=Leonard Farlinger|website=cfccreates.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-14}}</ref>

==Film producer== {{BLP unsourced section|date=March 2017}} As producer, Farlinger's credits include ''Gerontophilia'', directed by Bruce LaBruce; ''Trigger'', directed by Bruce McDonald and named one of Toronto International Film Festival's top ten films of the year; ''Leslie, My Name Is Evil''; ''Otto'', or ''Up With Dead People''; and ''Monkey Warfare'', directed by Reginald Harkema, which won a Special Jury Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2006. Farlinger's latest film as a producer is ''Born to Be Blue'', directed by Robert Budreau and starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum Keith Rennie.

==Screenwriter and director== {{BLP unsourced section|date=March 2017}} Farlinger's first feature film as writer/director, ''The Perfect Son'', starring Colm Feore and David Cubitt, was nominated for two Best Actor Genies and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also directed the feature film ''All Hat'', starring Luke Kirby and Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered at TIFF. He directed the Gemini-winning movie-of-the-week ''In The Dark'', starring Kathleen Robertson. Farlinger wrote and directed the comedy, ''I'm Yours'', which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and starred Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, and Don McKellar.

Farlinger's next projects are the feature film ''Mr. Epiphany'', written by Matt Watts, and a film based on Farlinger's own script, ''The Truth About Lying''.

==Personal life== Farlinger married producer Jennifer Jonas. They have two children, including actress Ella Jonas Farlinger.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.womenofinfluence.ca/2010/09/16/reel-thing-jennifer-jonas/|title=After a 30-year career in the Canadian film industry, how Jennifer Jonas balanced her company and mother proves she's the REEL thing|journal=Women of Influence|first=N. Naeme|last=El-Zein|date=16 September 2010|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==

'''Producer''' * ''Odyssey in August'' - 1989 * ''Kumar and Mr. Jones'' - 1991 * ''Monkey Warfare'' - 2006 * ''Otto; or Up with Dead People'' - 2008 * ''Leslie, My Name Is Evil'' - 2009 * ''Hungry Hills'' - 2009 * ''Trigger'' - 2010 * ''The Resurrection of Tony Gitone'' - 2012 * ''Gerontophilia'' - 2013 * ''Born to Be Blue'' - 2015 * ''The Wall Street Boy (Kipkemboi)'' - 2023 * ''Seeds'' - 2024

'''Director''' * ''Collateral Damage'' - 1993, short * ''The Perfect Son'' - 2000 * ''In the Dark'' - 2003, television * ''All Hat'' - 2007 * ''I'm Yours'' - 2011

'''Writer''' * ''Kicking Blood'' - 2021

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0267695}}

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