John Greyson
John Greyson (born 1960 in Nelson, British Columbia) is a Canadian filmmaker, whose work frequently deals with gay themes.
Greyson was raised in London, Ontario. He moved to Toronto in 1980, becoming a writer for The Body Politic and other local arts and culture magazines, and becoming a video and performance artist. He directed several short films, including The Perils of Pedagogy, Kipling Meets the Cowboy and Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers, before releasing his first feature film, Pissoir, in 1988.
He made his breakthrough as a filmmaker with Zero Patience, a musical film which challenged AIDS orthodoxy, in 1993. In 1996, he released his most famous film, Lilies, an adaptation of Michel Marc Bouchard's play Les feluettes.
His other films include Uncut (1997), The Law of Enclosures (1999) and Proteus (2003). He has also directed for television, including episodes of Queer as Folk, Made in Canada and Paradise Falls.
Greyson is popular with film critics but controversial with some audiences because of the flamboyant theatricality and thematic complexity of his filmmaking style, and the frank depiction of gay themes in his work.
He is currently a professor at York University, where he teaches film production and editing.
External links
- John Greyson interview at The Film Journal
- John Greyson at Northern Stars
- IMDb profile
- John Greyson on glbtq.com
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