George Mihalka

George Mihalka is one of Canadas most prolific directors working in both English and Frenchlanguage productions His first feature iMy Bloody Valentinei was directed for Paramount studios and was entered in the Fantastic Film Festival in Avoriaz France in 1981 and quickly became a cult classic Six years later Mihalka won the Prix du Public at the same festival for his film iThe Blue Mani His 1993 film iLa Floridai brought him a Genie Award nomination for Best Direction and went on to win the Golden Reel Award as the top boxoffice grossing film of the year Mihalka also directed iLHomme Idealei which also surpassed the one million dollar mark at the box office His long list of television credits includes such films as iDr Lucille The Lucille Teasdale Storyi which won the Gemini Award for Best Film and for which he was nominated for Best Direction iJack Higgins Thunder Pointi and iWindsor Protocoli and iLe Chemin de Damasi for which he was nominated for a Gemeaux Mihalka also has the distinction of directing the first 19 hours of the hit Quebec series iScoopi and the entire third season of iOmertai the provinces toprated drama at the time He was nominated for three Gemeaux Awards for Best Direction for both series He also directed most of the episodes for iDa Vincis Inquesti in 2002 and 2003 George Mihalka makes his home in Montralbrbrbr