David Secter pictured on the set of his 1976 feature emGetting Togetherem is an awardwinning writer producer and director of numerous narrative and documentary features TV specials and theater productions He began his film career with emLove With The Proper Guppyem a short sold to The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation His first feature emWinter Kept Us Warmem was made while he was a student at The University of Toronto and was the first English Canadian feature selected for The Cannes Film Festival It won awards in Amsterdam and Montreal His next movie emThe Offeringem was nominated for a a hrefcanadianfilmawardsarchiveCanadian Film Awarda as Best Picture of the Year It screened on network television and was released theatrically by Columbia Pictures which also distributed his family featurette emThe Harrowing Tale of the Haunted Lighthouseem Secter also produced numerous arts specials like emPacific Passionsem shot at the Festival of Pacific Arts in New Caledonia and emBURNem about the Burning Man Arts Festival but we do not have dates for those projectsbrbrAlso see David Secter talks abouta hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscasecterdavidarticle Winter Kept Us Warmabrbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Love With The Proper Guppy (1965, short)
Winter Kept us Warm (1965)
The Offering (1966)
The Harrowing Tale of the Haunted Lighthouse (1971)
Getting Together (1976)
Blowdry (1976)
Cyberdorm (1999)
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory (2005, documentary)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
Winter Kept us Warm (1965)
The Offering (1966)
Getting Together (1976)
Cyberdorm (1999)
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