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Born as Nan Ma in Shanghai China, Johnny Ma immigrated to Toronto when he was 10-years-old. After careers in mergers and acquisitions in the business and fashion world, he first made the move to documentary filmmaking in 2008. Graduating from Columbia University’s MFA program in directing and screenwriting, his short films have screened at TIFF, Dallas International Film Festival, Aspen Shortfest and other international festivals. Ma won the Canadian Academy of Cinema Television’s Best First Feature award sponsored by Telefilm Canada for his feature film Old Stone.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Robbery (2010, short)
Play (2011, short)
O Genio de Quintino (2011, short)
Dec 32 (2012, short)
A Grand Canal (2014, short)
Old Stone (2016)
To Live To Sing (aka Huo zhe chang zhe, 2019)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
The Robbery (2010, short)
Play (2011, short)
O Genio de Quintino (2011, short)
A Grand Canal (2014, short)
Old Stone (2016)
To Live To Sing (aka Huo zhe chang zhe, 2019)
The Mother and the Bear (2024)
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