Director
Bruce Pittman
76 years · Toronto, Canada · 19 films
Bruce Pittman (born February 4, 1950) is a Canadian television and film director best known for directing the 1987 slasher Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II.[1] He also directed the 1989 film Where the Spirit Lives, which won the Gemini Award for Best TV movie and numerous international awards. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada[2] and the Directors Guild of America. Early life and career Born in Toronto, Ontario, on February 4, 1950. Pittman attended Park Lawn Public School, Royal York Collegiate and Kipling Collegiate in Etobicoke.[3] In 1966, he made his first student film, which received an Honorable Mention at the Kodak Student Film Festival in Rochester, New York.[3] That year he began working at the Odeon Humber Theatre learning every aspect of film exhibition.[3] From 1968 through 1972 Pittman worked at Famous Players in their publicity department, Communikon a market research company which was a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and Allan King Associates directing their independent film distribution. He also opened the Revue Cinema in Toronto.[3] Pittman began professional filmmaking in 1971 with documentary films about other filmmakers: Freddie Young and John Frankenheimer. In 1974 with Elwy Yost and Jim Hanley he co-created and was Producer/Director of TVOntario's long running show Saturday Night At The Movies.[3] Beginning in 1977 Pittman embarked on directing dramatic films with a series of half hour programs based on Canadian short stories one of which, The Painted Door, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Live Action Short. In 1984 he directed his first feature The Mark Of Cain followed by Confidential and Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II which 30 years later has developed into a minor cult classic.[3] Over the next 27 years Pittman directed 19 feature length dramas and mini series and 98 episodes of 27 series for 12 North American networks.[3] His directorial work has resulted in 102 award nominations and 57 wins in Canada and internationally for his films.[3] Since 2004 he has worked exclusively on 51 independent dramatic and documentary productions.
Best known for
Filmography 19
The Last Movie
2012 · Director
On Eternal Family
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion
2003 · Director
On Hoopla
Alien Tracker
2003 · Director
No Alibi
2000 · Director
Stolen from the Heart
2000 · Director
On Tubi TV
The Secret Path
1999 · Director
On The CW
Locked in Silence
1999 · Director
On Cineverse
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997 · Director
On fuboTV
To Dance with Olivia
1997 · Director
On fuboTV
To Brave Alaska
1996 · Director
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996 · Director
Harrison Bergeron
1995 · Director
Blood Brothers
1994 · Director
Where the Spirit Lives
1990 · Director
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
1987 · Director
On Plex
Mark of Cain
1986 · Director
Confidential
1986 · Director, Writer
The Painted Door
1984 · Director
The Olden Days Coat
1981 · Director