Daniel Perlmutter
Daniel Perlmutter is a Toronto based writer and filmmaker. He is the co-writer and co-producer of Peepers, a dark comedy that was nominated for five Canadian Comedy Awards, including Best Script. His other writing credits include working on the animated series Odd Job Jack and Weird Years, and running the writers’ room for the YTV series Seriously Weird. In 1998 he co-founded Automatic Vaudeville Studios (AVS) in Montreal, a “micro-movie studio” that pushed the envelope in underground cinema and live amusemen. Through AVS, he produced, wrote and directed many short films. He is pictured above on location shooting Big News From Grand Rock, his first feature film.
These are his credits as a director:
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Daily News (1998, short)
Bluebeard (1998, short)
Cat`s in the Bag: The Unmaking of O.C. II (1999)
The Southside Five (1999, short)
Teddy Bears Picnic (2000, short)
The Devil’s Tablet (2000, short)
The Sophisticated Detectives (2001, short)
The Underworld Broadcasts (2003, short)
Dancing With Myself (2003, short)
Prisoner of Zenda: The Lost Film: Restored (2004, short)
Schandfilm Zwei (aka Shamefilm Two, 2005, short, co-directed)
The Clock Strikes Doom (2005, short)
The Recommendations (2005, co-directed with Mark Slutshy)
Big News from Grand Rock (2014)
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