Lowell Dean

{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker (born 1978/79)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{infobox person | name = Lowell Dean | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|35|2014|06|08}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/crime-fighting-werewolf-hits-the-big-screens/article19053898/|title=Crime-fighting werewolf hits the big screens|last=Tepper|first=Sean|work=The Globe and Mail|date=2014-06-08|accessdate=2015-04-02}}</ref> | birth_place = Canada | occupation = film director }}

'''Lowell Dean''' is a Canadian filmmaker.

He has directed six feature films: the zombie thriller ''13 Eerie'' (2013), the horror comedy ''WolfCop'' (2014), the sequel ''Another WolfCop'' (2017), the post-apocalypse action film ''SuperGrid'' (2018),<ref name=bloody>{{cite web|author=Brad Miska|author-link=Brad Miska|title=Trailer Debut For 'WolfCop' Creators' Explosive 'SuperGrid' [Exclusive]|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3496316/trailer-debut-wolfcop-creators-explosive-supergrid-exclusive/|website=Bloody Disgusting|accessdate=August 9, 2018|date=April 30, 2018}}</ref> the wrestling-horror ''Dark Match'' (2024) and the post-apocalyptic love story ''Die Alone'' (2024). Lowell also wrote ''WolfCop'', ''Another WolfCop'', ''Dark Match'' and ''Die Alone''. His first film as a writer and director, ''WolfCop'', was released June 2014 in Canadian Cineplex theatres.<ref>{{cite web|title=WolfCop …Unique approach to film's production|first=Calvin|last=Daniel|work=Yorkton This Week|date=May 28, 2014|url=http://www.yorktonthisweek.com/article/20140528/YORKTON0501/140529860/-1/YORKTON/wolfcop-8230-unique-approach-to-films-production}}</ref> In an Interview with Bloody Disgusting in March 2015, Dean revealed he was writing the sequel to ''WolfCop'',<ref>{{cite web|work=Bloody Disgusting|first=Patrick|last=Cooper|date=March 26, 2015|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3335395/interview-wolfcop-director-lowell-dean/|title=Interview: 'WolfCop' Director Lowell Dean}}</ref> which would again star Leo Fafard in the lead.<ref>{{cite web|work=Bloody Disgusting|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3335366/interview-wolfcop-leo-fafard/|title=Interview: 'WolfCop' Himself, Leo Fafard!|first=Patrick|last=Cooper|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> Lowell's film, ''Die Alone'', had its international festival debut at the Sitges Film Festival, where it won the Midnight X-treme [https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/noticies/57th-edition-award-winners audience choice award]. ''Die Alone'' was released in 2024.<ref>John Squires, [https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3825437/wolfcop-directors-die-alone-starring-frank-grillo-releasing-in-october-image/ "‘WolfCop’ Director’s ‘Die Alone’ Starring Frank Grillo Releasing in October"]. ''Bloody Disgusting'', August 12, 2024.</ref>

Dean has also served as a director on several television projects include the children's series ''Hi Opie!'' produced by The Jim Henson Company, and the Canadian reality series ''Dust Up'' produced by Paperny Entertainment.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

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==External links== * {{Official website|1=https://www.directors.ca/directors/lowell-dean#:~:text=Lowell%20Dean%20is%20a%20Canadian,across%20Canada%20and%20the%20USA.|name=Directors.ca profile page (Lowell Dean)}} * {{IMDb name|3366745}} * [https://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/deep-fried-interview-wolfcop-writerdirector-lowell-dean-2/#:~:text=The%20Plot%3A%20A%20black%20magic,drinking%20small%20town%20werewolf%20cop. Deep Fried Movies "WolfCop" interview: Lowell Dean]

{{Lowell Dean}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Lowell}} Category:Film directors from Saskatchewan Category:Living people Category:Canadian male screenwriters Category:Canadian horror film directors Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Canadian screenwriters Category:21st-century Canadian male writers