Ian_Harnarine

Ian Harnarine

Ian Harnarine

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Ian Harnarine is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his 2011 short film Doubles with Slight Pepper, which won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[2]

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Born and raised in Toronto to immigrant parents from Trinidad and Tobago,[1] Harnarine studied physics and astronomy at York University and the University of Illinois before pursuing a film degree at New York University.[1] While studying at NYU, he took classes under Spike Lee, who was credited as executive producer on Doubles with Slight Pepper.[1] The film also won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Harnarine later produced a feature film version of Doubles with Slight Pepper,[4] which has been announced as part of the schedule for the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.

References

  1. [1]
    "Ian Harnarine, 'Doubles With Slight Pepper'". ScreenDaily, October 14, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Ian Harnarine". Filmmaker.
  3. [3]
    "Lebanese drama wins TIFF 2011 People's Choice Award". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Participating Projects in First Caribbean Film Mart". Indiewire, October 7, 2015.


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