Colin Brunton

Colin Brunton

producer, second unit director or assistant director

Colin Brunton was born on Jul 31, 1955 in Canada. Colin Brunton's big-screen debut came with Alligator Shoes directed by Clay Borris in 1981. Colin Brunton is known for The Rainbow Kid directed by Kire Paputts, Neil Crone stars as Keith and Julian Richings as Elvis Grimes. Colin Brunton has got 6 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Colin Brunton achieved is Canadian Screen Awards, CA. The upcoming new movie Colin Brunton plays is The Marijuana Conspiracy which will be released on Apr 20, 2021.

Emerging from Toronto rep theatres The Original 99 Cent Roxy and The New Yorker, Brunton got into the punk music scene as a documentarian in the late 70s, making his short film The Last Pogo, and then went on to build one of the most prolific careers in Canadian indie film and television. He won a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short for The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada, and went on to produce for many of Canada's most well known auteurs.Brunton's feature producing credits include the cult classics Roadkill, Highway 61, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. As Executive Director of The Feature Film Project at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre, he executive-produced some of the most successful projects to come out of that program including Rude and Cube. He then went on to conquer the television world with several series including: Our Hero, An American in Canada, The Newsroom, Puppets Who Kill, How to Be Indie, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Almost Heroes, Connor Undercover, Spun Out, Schitt's Creek, and The Good Witch.His filmmaking life came full circle in 2014 with the release of his feature documentary on Toronto's 1970's punk and cultural history, The Last Pogo Jumps Again, co-directed with filmmaker Kire Paputts. In 2015, he was the Executive Producer on Paputts' debut feature film, The Rainbow Kid.In March 2019, he line-produced the feature film, The Marijuana Conspiracty. He is currently (November 2021) Producer and Executive Producer of "Nash the Slash Rises Again!" a feature documentary on his late friend, the Toronto musician Jeff "Nash the Slash" Plewman.In July 2021 he completed principal photography after producing the Amazon re-boot of the TV series "Kids in the Hall."

  • Birthday

    Jul 31, 1955
  • Place of Birth

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 12 nominations

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
2020
Best Comedy Series
Winner - Canadian Screen Award
2019
Best Comedy Series
Winner - Canadian Screen Award
2016
Best Comedy Series
Winner - Canadian Screen Award
2016
Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction
Winner - Canadian Screen Award
Gemini Awards
2011
Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Winner - Gemini
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