James Makichuk

James Makichuk is a Canadian screenwriter and director. His directorial feature debut was the 1981 supernatural horror film Ghostkeeper.

Biography

Makichuck was born in 1946 in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada. He is of Ukrainian descent. Makichuk was raised in Windsor, Ontario, and graduated from Brennan High School.
Makichuk began his career working in television for CKLW-TV in 1969, later working for the studio as an editor and news writer. In 1973, he began working for Global [Television Network] in Toronto before relocating to Alberta, where he enrolled in a film course at the Banff [Centre for Arts and Creativity|Banff School of the Arts]. After moving to Calgary, Makuchuk formed Badland Pictures in 1979, through which he produced his directorial feature debut, the horror film Ghostkeeper, filmed in Lake Louise, Alberta in late 1980. He later co-wrote the horror film Blood Games.