Stephen Surjik is a Canadian film and television director mostly working in television. Surjik was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for Little Criminals, Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery, Intelligence, and received four Emmy Award nominations for Weapons of Mass Distraction.2
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Career
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960[citation needed], he studied at the Concordia University in Montreal and received a Best Director award at the 14th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival in 1982 for "Second story man"1. After working as production designer and art director in the mid-80s, he moved on, directing for the series Kids in the Hall. In 1993 Surjik made his feature film debut with Wayne's World 2, starring fellow Canadian Mike Myers.
For television, he has directed films such as the 1996 Grand Prix "Cinéma Tout Ecran" award-winning2 Little Criminals, the Emmy-nominated Weapons of Mass Distraction, starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne, and the CBC movie Intelligence. His episodic credits include Da Vinci's Inquest, Legacy, The Handler, Road to Avonlea, Due South, X-Files and pilots for Bull, Miss Miami and Zoe Busick: Wildcard and "Intelligence".
Surjik on directing: "My directing style is determined by the script– not by the type of shoes that I prefer. I therefore attempt to reinforce what is on the page and I keep my tube-top fetishes to myself".3
Selected filmography
- Flashpoint (TV Series)
- I Want Candy (2007)
- Intelligence (2006-7) TV Series
- "Monk" (2006) TV series (episode "Monk Goes Blind")
- Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (2005) (TV)
- "The Handler" 2004 TV series
- "Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998) TV Series (as Steve Surjik)
- Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV)
- Little Criminals (1995)
- Mary Silliman's War (1994) (TV)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- Grand Larceny (1991) (TV)
- "Road to Avonlea" (1989) TV series
- "The Kids in the Hall" (1988) TV series (film segments)
External links
- Stephen Surjik at the Internet Movie Database
- I Want Candy at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Site including Trailer
- Candy Fiveways MySpace page
- Sky Movies including video diary
- Video of Surjik directing an episode of "Intelligence"
Notes
- Note 1: Canadian Student Film & Video Festival (Montreal World Film Festival)
- Note 2: IMDb Awards for Stephen Surjik
- Note 3: Playback magazine June 15, 1998
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