Cast & creator
Guy Maddin
Best known for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, The Vampire Lestat, J.T. LeRoy
Guy Maddin CM OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated film-makers. Maddin has directed eleven feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews with Maddin and two book-length academic studies of his work. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Also known as: Gajs Madins
161
film credits
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television credits
22
1982–2026 · acting roles
5.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (163)
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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
The Vampire Lestat
'The Voice of Failure' (voice)
2026
J.T. LeRoy
Reader
2019
Rumours
Director
2024Rumours
Story
2024
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Graphic Designer
2021
The Forbidden Room
Director
2015The Forbidden Room
Writer
2015The Forbidden Room
Original Music Composer
2015The Forbidden Room
Producer
2015
Keyhole
Screenplay
2011Keyhole
Director
2011Keyhole
Producer
2011
The Saddest Music in the World
Director
2003The Saddest Music in the World
Writer
2003
Brand Upon the Brain!
Director
2007Brand Upon the Brain!
Writer
2007
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Director
2002
It Came from Kuchar
Self
2009
Lines of the Hand
Director
2015
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Director
1997
Horse Brothers
Anton the Horse (voice)
2022
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Director
2004Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Camera Operator
2004Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Cinematography
2004Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Writer
2004Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Editor
2004
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Director
2006
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Sinclair
Director
2010
Nostradamus
Waiter Joe
2000
Preludes
Director
2000
The Hands of Ida
Director
1995
Nude Caboose
Director
2006Nude Caboose
Writer
2006Nude Caboose
Director of Photography
2006
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Self - filmmaker
1997
Cowards Bend the Knee
Director
2003Cowards Bend the Knee
Writer
2003Cowards Bend the Knee
Director of Photography
2003
My Winnipeg
Narrator (voice)
2008My Winnipeg
Director
2008My Winnipeg
Writer
2008My Winnipeg
Producer
2008
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Director
1988Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Writer
1988Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Cinematography
1988Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Editor
1988
The Green Fog
Director
2018
The Heart of the World
Writer
2000The Heart of the World
Director
2000The Heart of the World
Director of Photography
2000The Heart of the World
Editor
2000
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Director
2009Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Writer
2009Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Director of Photography
2009
A Trip to the Orphanage
Director
2004A Trip to the Orphanage
Writer
2004A Trip to the Orphanage
Director of Photography
2004A Trip to the Orphanage
Editor
2004
Manuelle Labor
2007
City Wide Fever
Executive Producer
2026
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Director
1995Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Screenplay
1995
Archangel
Director
1990Archangel
Screenplay
1990Archangel
Art Direction
1990Archangel
Cinematography
1990Archangel
Editor
1990Archangel
Sound
1990Footsteps
Cinematography
2008Footsteps
Director
2008
Careful
Production Design
1992Careful
Editor
1992Careful
Director
1992Careful
Screenplay
1992Careful
Director of Photography
1992
Berlin
Director
2007
Maldoror: Tygers
Director
1998
Lullaby
Director
2007The Dead Father
Director
1985The Dead Father
Writer
1985Elms
Director
2014
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Student
1982Death of the Reel
Himself
2008
Workbook
Director
2006Workbook
Writer
2006
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
Director
2015
Odin's Shield Maiden
Director
2007Odin's Shield Maiden
Screenplay
2007Odin's Shield Maiden
Director of Photography
2007
Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
2017
Invisible World
Director
2013Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
Director
2002
It's a Wonderful Life
Director
2001
Louis Riel for Dinner
Narrator
2014
The Little White Cloud That Cried
Director
2009
My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Himself
2008My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Director
2008My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
Producer
2008
The Cock Crew
Writer
1998The Cock Crew
Editor
1998The Cock Crew
Director
1998
The Rabbit Hunters
Screenplay
2020The Rabbit Hunters
Director
2020Nightingale
Director
Nightingale
Writer
Experiments in Terror 3
Director
2009
It's My Mother's Birthday Today
Director
2008
Stump the Guesser
Writer
2020Stump the Guesser
Director
2020
How to Take a Bath
Director
2009
Glorious
Director
2008Glorious
Writer
2008
The Amazed Spectator
Himself
2016
FuseBoy
Director
2005FuseBoy
Director of Photography
2005
The Triangular Door
Narrator
Accidence
Writer
2018Accidence
Director
2018
Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist
Self
2021
Vinyl
Himself
2000Only Dream Things
Director
2012
Puberty
Director
2014
Sorrowful Shadow
Director
2004Sorrowful Shadow
Writer
2004Sorrowful Shadow
Director of Photography
2004Sorrowful Shadow
Editor
2004
Indigo High-Hatters
Director
1991Indigo High-Hatters
Cinematography
1991Indigo High-Hatters
Editor
1991Indigo High-Hatters
Writer
1991
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
2001
Night Mayor
Director
2009Night Mayor
Screenplay
2009Night Mayor
Director of Photography
2009Once a Chicken
Director
2015
The Hall Runner
Director
2014
Hospital Fragment
Director
1999Hospital Fragment
Writer
1999Hospital Fragment
Producer
1999Hospital Fragment
Director of Photography
1999Hospital Fragment
Editor
1999
Zookeeper Workbook
Writer
1997Zookeeper Workbook
Cinematography
1997Zookeeper Workbook
Director
1997
Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality
Director
2022
Audition Two
Director
2005Audition Two
Director of Photography
2005
Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Director
2008Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Director of Photography
2008Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Editor
2008
Audition One
Director
2005
Rooster Workbook
Producer
1997Rooster Workbook
Writer
1997Rooster Workbook
Cinematography
1997Rooster Workbook
Director
1997
Chimney Workbook
Director
2005
Trump Dreams
2017
Cold
Director
2014
97 Percent True
2008The International Style
Nurse
1983
Colours
Director
2014