Lex Gigeroff
Lex Gigeroff | |
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| Born | Alexander Kier Gigeroff June 29, 1962 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 25, 2011 (aged 49) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, actor |
| Children | 2 |
Alexander Kier Gigeroff (June 29, 1962 – December 25, 2011), , known professionally as Lex Gigeroff, was a Canadian television writer and actor best remembered as a co-creator of the science fiction series Lexx. He also appeared in the comedy series Liocracy and the short film Treevenge.
Biography
[edit]Gigeroff was born in Ottawa. His father Alex K. Gigeroff (1931–2016) was a prominent artist, playwright and writer on criminology and the law who belonged to Macedonian Canadians: both of his parents were poor immigrants from Macedonian villages and "Gigeroff" was his father's immigrant's assigned name.[1][2] Lex's brother Andre Haines is an artist and musician who also contributed to the Lexx series as an actor and songwriter.[3][4]
Gigeroff grew up in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. When he was 10 he wrote a play for Cub Scouts which was picked up as a project for a youth group in Toronto and eventually staged.[5] In 1985 he graduated from Dalhousie University with a major in English; during the last year he served as the president of the Dalhousie Student Union.[6]
He also worked as an announcer at the CJLS radio in the late 1970's and became actively involved with the campus-community radio CKDU-FM, serving as a programming manager from 1987 to 1989.[6] While performing a sketch in a radio comedy show he was noticed by Paul Donovan who invited Gigeroff to act in several of his movies.[5]
In 1993 he wrote and starred in a one-man stage show, and after Donovan saw it he shared his idea of a science fiction TV show with Gigeroff and Jeffrey Hirschfield which would eventually develop into the Lexx series.[5] Filming began in the fall of 1995 and the series was released by the Showcase channel in 1997; with strong ratings it lasted for four seasons and sold to over 100 countries around the world.[7][8] Apart from writing, Gigeroff also starred in various roles while his name became an inspiration for the show's title.[8]
He continued his writing and acting career, working in theatre, film and TV. Those included The Real Howard Spitz comedy and the Liocracy series, a number of short films and children's shows he created with Jason Shipley, a stage play Conrad and Barbara and a short comedy movie Benoit he wrote and directed in 2010. He was also working on his first feature film Gillian and Giles as a director which was to be shot in the Dominican Republic.[9][10]
Gigeroff died at his home in Fredericton, New Brunswick on December 25, 2011, from a heart attack.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ Alex Gigeroff at the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society
- ^ Nova Scotia Honours Alex Gigeroff with Resolution 1674 article at the Canadian Macedonian Books and Reviews, 14 July 2014
- ^ Chris Muise. Artist Andre Haines draws inspiration from his pioneering father interview at the Halifax magazine, 16 March 2017
- ^ Andre Haines on IMDb
- ^ a b c LEXX Interview: Lex Gigeroff is interviewed by theFrey at The SadGeezers Guide, March 2001
- ^ a b Philip Doucette. In Memorian. Alex Gigeroff 1962-2011 article from the Dalhousie Magazine of the Dalhousie University Alumni, Winter 2012, p. 38
- ^ Frank Garcia, Mark Phillips (2009). Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. pp. 136—141 ISBN 978-0-7864-2483-2
- ^ a b Ian Johnston. Dark Zone Adventures. Paul Donovan's Living, Oozing, Exploding Universe article from Cinefantastique Volume 28, Number 7, January 1996
- ^ Carsten Knox. Memorial for LEXX co-creator this Sunday at The Coast, 4 January 2002
- ^ Benoit at IMDb
- ^ "Arts community mourns loss of writer, actor Gigeroff | The Chronicle Herald". Thechronicleherald.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ^ dailygleaner.canadaeast.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120512140954/http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467575. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012.
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