Phillip Borsos

Phillip Borsos was the son of a Hungarian sculptor and an English nurse Born in Tasmania he moved to Trail British Columbia when he was 5 As a Grade 11 student he acquired a 16mm Bolex camera from his father and began his obsession with filmmaking In the late 1970s he made documentaries for the National Film Board including emNailsem a simple study of nail manufacturing which received an Oscar nomination He next teamed up with Torontobased producer Peter OBrian and directed his first feature film emThe Grey Foxem Based on the true story of Bill Miner an American stagecoachbanditturnedtrainrobber who fled to Canada the film brought immediate international acclaim Borsos was a fourtime Canadian Film Award and Genie Award winner and an Academy Award nominee A mainstream talented director Phillip Borsos died of leukemia in 1995 In 2004 the Whistler Film Festival initiated The Borsos Competition in his honour brbrRead a a hrefborsosphilliptributeTribute to Phillip Borsosa by Producer Peter OBrianbrbrbr