Andrew Currie is a Canadian

Canada

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 film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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Born in England, Currie grew up in Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

 and studied arts before turning his interests towards film. In 1997, Currie moved to Toronto, Ontario to study at Norman Jewison's

Norman Jewison

Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night , The Thomas Crown Affair , Fiddler on the Roof , Jesus Christ Superstar , Moonstruck , The Hurricane and The...

 Canadian Film Centre.

Career

In 2001, Currie directed his feature debut, Mile Zero.

In 2006, Currie handled his first larger budget film. Fido

Fido (film)

Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton...

was shot for "around $9 million". The film, influenced by "Romero's

George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...

 mythology of zombie-ism" and Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director.-Life:Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk...

's I Walked with a Zombie, featured performances by Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss

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, Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

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 and Dylan Baker

Dylan Baker

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Awards

Mile Zero appeared at numerous film festivals and won a "WorldFest Platinum Award" in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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, a "CityTV Award for Best First Feature" in Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

, and a "Best Feature Award" at Moondance International Film Festival

Moondance International Film Festival

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 in Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

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In 1997, Currie won the "Best New Western Canadian Director" award at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival

The Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October...

 for his short film Night of the Living. Currie was nominated for a Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series Gemini Award for Twisteeria, a half-hour children’s comedy made for YTV, in 1999. In 2007, he won a special jury prize for Fido

Fido (film)

Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton...

at the Gérardmer Film Festival. That same year, Currie won the audience award at the London Canadian Film Festival for Fido.

Writer

• Fido
  Fido (film)
  Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton...
  
  (2006)
• Night of the Living (1997)
• Persistence of Memory (1993)

Director

• Fido
  Fido (film)
  Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton...
  
  (2006)
• Sleep Murder (2004) (TV)
• Mile Zero (2001)
• Twisteeria (1998) (TV)
• Night of the Living (1997)
• Persistence of Memory (1993)

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