Faculty

LEONARD FARLINGER

Department of Film, York University

Leonard Farlinger is a writer/director/producer and co-founder of the Canadian feature film production company, New Real Films. His latest feature as writer/director is a road movie romance entitled I’m Yours starring Genie award-winners, Karine Vanasse (Polytechnique, Pan Am), Rossif Sutherland (High Life, Poor Boy’s Game, King) and Don McKellar (Blindness, Last Night) that premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In 2010, he produced Trigger directed by Bruce McDonald starring Molly Parker and Tracy Wright, named to TIFF’s top ten films of the year and nominated for 4 Genies. In 2009, he produced the Mason romantic comedy Leslie, My Name Is Evil which won the DGC’s best feature director prize and gay zombie movie, Otto, or Up With Dead People by Bruce LaBruce that premiered at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. Leonard directed the feature film All Hat written by novelist Brad Smith starring Luke Kirby, Rachael Leigh Cook and Lisa Ray which premiered at TIFF 2007. He produced Monkey Warfare which won a Special Jury Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival 2006. In 2004, he directed the Gemini-winning movie-of-the-week In The Dark starring Kathleen Robertson. Leonard’s first feature as writer/director, The Perfect Son starring Colm Feore and David Cubitt was nominated for two Best Actor Genies and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Leonard is currently adapting Rudy Wiebe’s Governor General best-selling novel, A Discovery of Strangers. He is a three-time Genie award nominee for Best Short Film and a Canadian Film Center graduate.