Toronto filmmaker/ @mdff co-founder Tower (2012) How Heavy This Hammer (2015) Anne at 13,000 ft (2019) Matt and Mara (2024)
Toronto, Ontario
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I finally figured out how to design my radiator cover because of Nicole Kidman's monologue in Eyes Wide Shut.
This is Humber Polytechnic erasure. Fielder studied Comedy Writing and Performance program in 2006 after the commerce degree. Also, recently learned from the new Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald documentary that both he and Tom Green went to Algonquin College.
Be Nathan Fielder:
> grow up in Vancouver, Canada
> join your high school improv group alongside Seth Rogen
> graduate with a commerce degree in 2005
> decide accounting isn't for you
> start doing comedy
> land a correspondent role on This Hour Has 22 Minutes
> create a segment called Nathan on Your Side
> give real people increasingly ridiculous advice with a completely straight face
> turn the concept into Nathan for You on Comedy Central in 2013 at 29
> spend four seasons convincing real businesses to try increasingly absurd marketing schemes
> sign an overall production deal with HBO in 2019
> convince them to fund The Rehearsal
> build an exact replica of a New York bar so one man can practise a conversation
> co-create The Curse with Benny Safdie and cast Emma Stone
> return to The Rehearsal in 2025 and spend over two years learning to fly
>actually pilot a Boeing 737 carrying more than 100 actors
>secretly spend three years filming convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
> co-direct You Can See Everything with Lance Oppenheim
> convince A24 to release the nearly three-hour documentary
> make it for roughly $7 million
> open in 2026 to $15 million from just 855 cinemas
> sell out more than 2,000 screenings in one weekend
deliver the biggest non-music documentary opening in over 20 years
nice
I froze and didn't stand up for someone. When reflecting on it I thought of this scene from A Woman Under the Influence which I hadn't really thought about before. It's so funny and absurd but also so horribly human and tragic.
Very relaxed deer eating some leaves by the Don Valley River. This is on the trail just a little north of the green pedestrian bridge at Riverdale Park.
I never asked for screening fees until my 3rd feature when I saw how much my sales agent was getting. I normally waive fees in exchange for travel or extra accommodation but every filmmaker should train themselves to always ask. I had to work on it, it didn't come natrually.
Most festivals pay screening fees. You should always ask for a screening fee. $400 is normally what we propose if they don't offer one. You can always waive it if they seem like a cool festival in a region or country without much cultural funding.
Most festivals pay screening fees. You should always ask for a screening fee. $400 is normally what we propose if they don't offer one. You can always waive it if they seem like a cool festival in a region or country without much cultural funding.
My first move as the new CEO of Cineplex would be to introduce new characters like Molly Monopoly, Andy Anti-Trust, Zachary Zoningpractice, Peter Pricefixer, Billy Billionaire
“Big swing” is being added to my list of muted words that includes other classics like “nothing burger” and “naval gazing.”
When Irreversible released on DVD in 2002 I didn’t know how to setup a home theatre and had the bass maxed out. Watched the entire film with this droning and nauseating soundtrack that made dialogue indecipherable. Assumed it was intentional. Just Noé being an enfant terrible
The unique sensation of hearing a programmer correctly say the last name of a filmmaker you’ve admired for years. It’s pronounced GREE-zuh-bahkh.
I remember a Québécois filmmaker telling me it was his first time attending VIFF and visiting Vancouver. Why go to Vancouver when a fight to Paris is the same duration?
Most importantly Nico has a new film called Everything Else is Noise and it's having its North American premiere tonight at @TIFF_NET in @WVLGTHS. This is his third consecutive year with a film at the festival and it is of course a Canadian production. tiff.net/films/everything-el…
Pereda's films also screened around the world at festivals. We realized we could screen our films intentionally on the festival circuit and get championed outside of Canada before being accepted at home. My first feature likely wouldn't have premiered at Locarno if not for Nico.
He proved that you could make a $20-50,000 film with Arts Council Funding. At the time it was unheard of and grants rejected proposals because they didn't think it was possible. Nico even let me look at his successful grant applications so I could learn how to apply.
He proved that you could make a $20-50,000 film with Arts Council Funding. At the time it was unheard of and grants rejected proposals because they didn't think it was possible. Nico even let me look at his successful grant applications so I could learn how to apply.
Sometimes when I cite Pereda as a Toronto filmmaker people question it. A major influence on our movement were directors like Nico who came to Toronto as international students. Here's a recent clip of Matt talking about Nico. They were classmates for four years at York.