{{short description|Canadian film and television director}} '''Mark Sawers''' is a Canadian film director and writer.<ref>"A short life in Cannes : Vancouver film-maker Mark Sawers enjoys acclaim at the world's most famous film festival -- and obscurity at home. That's the price he pays for making short films". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', May 21, 1999.</ref> Best known for his feature films ''[[Camera Shy (film)|Camera Shy]]'' and ''[[No Men Beyond This Point]]'',<ref>[https://www.straight.com/movies/537321/director-mark-sawers-explores-extinction-humourous-no-men-beyond-point "Director Mark Sawers explores extinction in {{sic|humo|urous|nolink=y}} No Men Beyond This Point"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', September 23, 2015.</ref> he is also a four-time [[Genie Award]] nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] for his films ''[[Stroke (film)|Stroke]]'' at the [[13th Genie Awards]],<ref>"French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 14, 1992.</ref> ''[[Hate Mail (1993 film)|Hate Mail]]'' at the [[14th Genie Awards]],<ref>"Genie nominations". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', October 20, 1993.</ref> ''[[Shoes Off!]]'' at the [[19th Genie Awards]]<ref>"They dream of Genies". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', December 8, 1998.</ref> and ''[[Lonesome Joe]]'' at the [[24th Genie Awards]].<ref>Katherine Monk, "Time for Genie to come out of the bottle with a bit more pizzazz". [[CanWest News Service]], April 29, 2004.</ref>
''Shoes Off'' also won the Canal+ Award at the [[1999 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>"Belgian movie wins top prize at Cannes; Toronto's Egoyan misses ceremony when film shut out". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', May 24, 1999.</ref>
As a television director, his credits have included segments of ''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]'', and episodes of ''[[Alienated (TV series)|Alienated]]'',<ref>"Sci-fi TV comedy filmed in Saanich opens on New VI". ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', September 4, 2003.</ref> ''[[Alice, I Think (TV series)|Alice, I Think]]'', ''[[About a Girl (TV series)|About a Girl]]'', ''[[The Assistants]]'', ''[[Mr. Young]]'' and ''Anticlimax''.
From [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Sawers is a graduate of the [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>"Film-maker Mark Sawers tastes big time in Cannes". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 12, 1993.</ref>
==Filmography== *''Absolute Trash: A Recycling Story'' - 1980 *''The Middle Child'' - 1989 *''[[Stroke (film)|Stroke]]'' - 1992 *''[[Hate Mail (1993 film)|Hate Mail]]'' - 1993 *''[[Shoes Off!]]'' - 1998 *''[[Lonesome Joe]]'' - 2002 *''Exposed'' - 2010 *''[[Camera Shy (film)|Camera Shy]]'' - 2012 *''[[No Men Beyond This Point]]'' - 2015 *''Call from Josie'' - 2017
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0768091}}
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