- Jeremy Podeswa
Jeremy Podeswa (b. 1962 in
Toronto ,Ontario ) is an award-winningCanadian /American film andtelevision director. He is best known for directing the television shows "Six Feet Under", "Nip/Tuck " and "Queer as Folk". He has also written several films.Biography
Jeremy Podeswa was born in 1962 in Toronto, Ontario. His father was a painter, and the only one of his immediate family to make it out of the
Nazi camps alive.citation |title=The Prodigal Son |first=Alec |last=Scott |periodical=Toronto Life |url=http://www.torontolife.ca/features/prodigal-son/ |date=September 2007 |accessdate=2008-03-19 ] Podeswa graduated from theAmerican Film Institute 's Center for Advanced Film Studies (now theAFI Conservatory ) in 1984.citation |title=Contemporary North American Film Directors |first=Yoram |last=Allon |first2=Del |last2=Cullen |first3=Hannah |last3=Patterson |year=2002 |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=1903364523 |page=425 ] He is openlygay .citation |title=Sundown at Sundance & More |date=February 1 ,2000 |url=http://planetout.com/news/article.html?2000/02/01/5 |accessdate=2008-03-19 |periodical=PlanetOut.com ]Awards
Podeswa was given two
Genie Award s in 2000 as Best Director ofThe Five Senses , which was awarded Best Picture.citation |url=http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsmz/podeswa.html |title=Jeremy Podeswa |periodical=Northern Stars |accessdate=2008-03-15 ]References
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