brMatt Gallagher graduated from the University of Windsor and worked for the next few years in Halifax directing episodes of the teenthemed newsmagazine show emStreet Centsem In 2000 he made his first documentary emCassem about his uncles life in the Cass Corridor a downtrodden area of Detroit His 2015 film emHow to Prepare For Prisonem had its World Premiere at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Film FestivalbrbrAlso see a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscabigshotsathotdocsBig Shots at Hot Docsabrbrbr
Features & TV Movies
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Cass (1999, short)
Tyler’s Barrel (2002)
First and Last (TV-2003, documentary)
Vimy Ridge: Heaven to Hell (TV-2007, documentary)
The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger (2008, documentary)
Grinders (2010)
How to Prepare for Prison (2015)
Prey (2018)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Street Cents (????)
Daily Tips for Modern Living (1998)
Finding the Fallen (2005, 2009)
Groomed (2006)
The Trench Detectives (2006)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2007)
Dig World War II (2012, mimmi-series)
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