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Alan Zweig is a Toronto documentary filmmaker known for often using film to explore his own life Zweig was shocked when he won best Canadian feature at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival for his documentary emWhen Jews Were Funnyem He had said at one point that he thought hed made his worst film His 2nd feature documentary about disgraced runner Steve Fonyo emHopeem was selected to screen at the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival emCoppersem had its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Twentyone years after his groundbreaking first feature documentary emVinylem Alan Zweig returned to the topic of compulsive record collecting with emRecordsembrbrbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Where’s Howie (1983)
Stealing Images (1989, short)
The Darling Family (1994)
Vinyl (2000)
I, Curmudgeon (2004)
Loveable (2007)
A Hard Name (2009)
15 Reasons to Live (2013)
When Jews Were Funny (2013)
Hurt (2015)
Hope (2017)
There is a House Here (2017)
Copper (2019)
Records (2021)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Love Hurts (1990)
Family Secrets (2003)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
Stealing Images (1989, short)
Foreign Nights (1989)
I, Curmudgeon (2004)
Loveable (2007)
When Jews Were Funny (2013)
Hurt (2015)
Hope (2017)
Records (2021)
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