Jonathan Tammuz

Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film The Childeater and the feature film Rupert's Land. The Childeater was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best [Live Action Short Film|Best Live Action Short Film] at the 62nd Academy Awards, and Rupert's Land was a Genie Award nominee for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture] at the 19th Genie Awards, with Tammuz also nominated for Academy of [Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction|Best Director].
The son of Israeli writer Benjamin Tammuz, he grew up in England where his father was a cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy and a writer in residence at Oxford University. He met and married Lib Stephen, a Canadian, when they were both studying at England's National Film and Television School; Stephen was the screenwriter for both The Childeater and Tammuz's film Cordoba. Tammuz subsequently directed a 1997 film adaptation of his father's novel Minotaur before making Rupert's Land.
Tammuz and Stephen currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they are partners in a production firm; Tammuz is also a film instructor at Langara College and Stephen also works as an illustrator.

Filmography

Short film

Feature film

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