Michael McGowan is a Canadian filmmaker who wrote directed the feature films One Week

One Week (2008 film)

One Week is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Michael McGowan and starring Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban, and Campbell Scott. The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8, 2008 and was released theatrically on March 6, 2009....

and Saint Ralph. After creating the stop-motion children's TV show, Henry's World

Henry's World

Henry's World is a Canadian animated children's series made for Canada's Family Channel by Cuppa Coffee Animation and Alliance Atlantis Communications. It was first aired from 2002 to 2003, with reruns still currently seen on Family as well as Disney Junior Canada and Nick Jr. in Germany...

, he wrote and directed Saint Ralph, which won the Outstanding Achievement in Direction award from the Director's Guild of Canada and the Writer's Guild of Canada award for Best Feature Film.
Most recently his film "Score: A Hockey Musical" was chosen to open 35th Toronto International Film Festival.

Filmography

• Score: A Hockey Musical
  Score: A Hockey Musical
  Score: A Hockey Musical is a 2010 Canadian musical film, written and directed by Michael McGowan.-Synopsis:Seventeen-year old Farley Gordon has led a sheltered life, home-schooled and isolated by his parents. His closest friend is Eve, their next door neighbour. When his skill at hockey is...
  
  (2010)
• Vacation with Derek
  Vacation with Derek
  Vacation with Derek is a 2010 Canadian television movie based on the TV series Life with Derek. The TV movie follows the McDonald-Venturi family as the children are forced to spend part of their summer vacation with their grandmother at her lodge...
  
  (2010) (TV)
• One Week
  One Week (2008 film)
  One Week is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Michael McGowan and starring Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban, and Campbell Scott. The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8, 2008 and was released theatrically on March 6, 2009....
  
  (2008)
• Left Coast
  Left Coast
  Left Coast is a political expression that implies that the West Coast of the United States leans politically to the left or the expression can refer to states that lean politically left...
  
  (2008) (TV)
• Saint Ralph (2004)
• My Dog Vincent
  My Dog Vincent
  My Dog Vincent is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by award-winning writer and filmmaker Michael McGowan.-Synopsis:The movie is centered on O'Brien and his friends, Wiley and Harper. These three twenty-something young men still live at home, and are looking to expand their horizons in life...
  
  (1998)