Guy Maddin

Maddin is one of cinema's true eccentrics, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Rather than chase contemporary polish, he resurrects the grain, flicker, and melodrama of the silent era to get at something far more elusive: the texture of memory and dream. That a filmmaker this deliberately strange rose from Winnipeg to lecture at Harvard and earn the Order of Canada tells me obsession, pursued honestly, eventually finds its audience. His work isn't for everyone, but those it grips, it never lets go. I count myself firmly among the converted.

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Name (English)

Guy Maddin

Name (Japanese)

ガイ・マディン

Reading

がい・までぃん

Born

February 28, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / camera operator / actor / cinematographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

University

University of Winnipeg

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of Canada
• Genie Awards

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Maddin
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598995

Tags

• Manitoba
• film director
• screenwriter
• camera operator

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.