Paul Quarrington Life in Music nominated for Directors Guild Award
August 15, 2011
The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has announced its nominees for this year’s awards ceremony, with 76 nominations in 19 categories emerging from close to 175 submissions.
Four projects are up for the Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary: Bert Kish’s Paul Quarrington Life in Music; Sturla Gunnarsson’s Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie; Mike Downie’s One Ocean: The Birth of an Ocean; and Josh Freed’s Where Did I Put My Memory?
Kish states, “I grew up with the NFB in Montreal. My father, Albert Kish, was an editor/director there for over 25 years. The NFB’s original mandate was to present Canada to Canadians; when producer Judith Keenan approached me to do the Quarrington film I thought Paul was a Canadian that needed to be presented to Canada because of his unique voice and remarkable talents. I hope we achieved that with this with the film, and that it helps Paul`s amazingly broad portfolio of creative work – novels, memoirs, journalism, music, film and television - enjoy the legacy it deserves.”
The DGC Awards take place in Toronto on October 29, 2011 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Director Bert Kish will be in attendance. For more about the film, visit http://bookshorts.com/pq_life_in_music/
