# Mark Sawers

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Canadian film and television director

**Mark Sawers** is a Canadian film director and writer.[1] Best known for his feature films *[Camera Shy](/source/Camera_Shy_(film))* and *[No Men Beyond This Point](/source/No_Men_Beyond_This_Point)*,[2] he is also a four-time [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) nominee for [Best Live Action Short Drama](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Drama) for his films *[Stroke](/source/Stroke_(film))* at the [13th Genie Awards](/source/13th_Genie_Awards),[3] *[Hate Mail](/source/Hate_Mail_(1993_film))* at the [14th Genie Awards](/source/14th_Genie_Awards),[4] *[Shoes Off!](/source/Shoes_Off!)* at the [19th Genie Awards](/source/19th_Genie_Awards)[5] and *[Lonesome Joe](/source/Lonesome_Joe)* at the [24th Genie Awards](/source/24th_Genie_Awards).[6]

*Shoes Off* also won the Canal+ Award at the [1999 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1999_Cannes_Film_Festival).[7]

As a television director, his credits have included segments of *[The Kids in the Hall](/source/The_Kids_in_the_Hall_(TV_series))*, and episodes of *[Alienated](/source/Alienated_(TV_series))*,[8] *[Alice, I Think](/source/Alice%2C_I_Think_(TV_series))*, *[About a Girl](/source/About_a_Girl_(TV_series))*, *[The Assistants](/source/The_Assistants)*, *[Mr. Young](/source/Mr._Young)* and *Anticlimax*.

From [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Sawers is a graduate of the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia).[9]

## Filmography

- *Absolute Trash: A Recycling Story* - 1980

- *The Middle Child* - 1989

- *[Stroke](/source/Stroke_(film))* - 1992

- *[Hate Mail](/source/Hate_Mail_(1993_film))* - 1993

- *[Shoes Off!](/source/Shoes_Off!)* - 1998

- *[Lonesome Joe](/source/Lonesome_Joe)* - 2002

- *Exposed* - 2010

- *[Camera Shy](/source/Camera_Shy_(film))* - 2012

- *[No Men Beyond This Point](/source/No_Men_Beyond_This_Point)* - 2015

- *Call from Josie* - 2017

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "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](/source/Vancouver_Sun)*, May 21, 1999.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Director Mark Sawers explores extinction in humourous \[*sic*\] No Men Beyond This Point"](https://www.straight.com/movies/537321/director-mark-sawers-explores-extinction-humourous-no-men-beyond-point). *[The Georgia Straight](/source/The_Georgia_Straight)*, September 23, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, October 14, 1992.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Genie nominations". *[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)*, October 20, 1993.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "They dream of Genies". *[Halifax Daily News](/source/Halifax_Daily_News)*, December 8, 1998.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Katherine Monk, "Time for Genie to come out of the bottle with a bit more pizzazz". [CanWest News Service](/source/CanWest_News_Service), April 29, 2004.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Belgian movie wins top prize at Cannes; Toronto's Egoyan misses ceremony when film shut out". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, May 24, 1999.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Sci-fi TV comedy filmed in Saanich opens on New VI". *[Victoria Times-Colonist](/source/Victoria_Times-Colonist)*, September 4, 2003.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "Film-maker Mark Sawers tastes big time in Cannes". *Vancouver Sun*, May 12, 1993.

## External links

- [Mark Sawers](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768091/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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