Jonathan Tammuz

Jonathan Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director, best known for directing the short film The Childeater and the feature film Rupert's Land. The Childeater was a shortlisted Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 62nd Academy Awards,[1] and Rupert's Land was a Genie Award nominee for Best Picture at the 19th Genie Awards, with Tammuz also nominated for Best Director.[2]

The son of Israeli writer Benjamin Tammuz, he grew up in England where his father was a cultural attaché at the Israeli embassy and a writer in residence at Oxford University. He met and married Lib Stephen, a Canadian, when they were both studying at England's National Film and Television School; Stephen was the screenwriter for both The Childeater and Tammuz's film Cordoba.[1] Tammuz subsequently directed a 1997 film adaptation of his father's novel Minotaur before making Rupert's Land.[3]

Tammuz and Stephen currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they are partners in a production firm; Tammuz is also a film instructor at Langara College and Stephen also works as an illustrator.

Filmography
Year Title Director Producer Notes Ref.
1989 Streets of Yesterday No Yes
1990 The Child Eater Yes No Short film
1997 Minotaur Yes No
1998 House Arrest No Yes Short film
1998 Rupert's Land Yes No
1999 All American Hero No Yes Short film
2000 Abe's Manhood No Yes
2003 Street Time Yes No TV series; Episode "Brothers"
2012 A Mother's Love No Yes Short film
2015 50/50 Yes No
2019 Red Snow No Yes
2019 Heard From Above Yes Yes Short film

References
  1. "Eyes for Oscar". Vancouver Sun, March 9, 1990.
  2. "Genies genuflect for Red Violin". Montreal Gazette, December 8, 1998.
  3. Peter Cowie, The Variety Insider. Penguin Group, 1999. ISBN 9780399525247. p. 186.
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