Johnny Ma
Johnny Ma is a Chinese-Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his debut feature film Old Stone, which won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama, at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for his short film A Grand Canal.[1] That film, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, was named by TIFF as one of the ten best Canadian short films of the year.[3]
Ma moved from Shanghai, China, to Toronto, Ontario with his family at age 10.[1] He studied film at Columbia University in New York City.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sundance Reveals 13 Projects Selected for 2014 Directors and Screenwriters Labs". Indiewire, May 8, 2014.
- ^ "La La Land wins the People’s Choice Award at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival". National Post, September 18, 2016.
- ^ "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News, December 3, 2013.
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