Tyler Funk
Tyler Funk (born February 14, 1988) is a Canadian filmmaker.[1] He is most noted for his 2023 documentary film Anything for Fame,[2] for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best British Columbia Director at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2023.[3]
The younger brother of filmmaker Kevan Funk,[1] he was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up principally in Banff, Alberta.[1] He subsequently moved back to Vancouver to study filmmaking at Langara College and the University of British Columbia.[4] He directed a number of short films and television episodes in the 2010s, first becoming well known for his White Ninja series of short animated films on Vine.[1]
Anything for Fame, a film about the extremes that people will go to achieve viral fame on the internet, was released by the National Film Board of Canada in 2023.[5]
He is a partner with Sebastian Mercado in the Vancouver-based independent film studio North of Now.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Eric Volmers, "Looped: Banff filmmaker Tyler Funk brings cult character White Ninja to six-second life on Vine". Calgary Herald, January 17, 2016.
- ^ a b Matthew Thompson, "Banff-raised filmmakers dive into minds of influencers". Rocky Mountain Outlook, November 3, 2023.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "BlackBerry, Seagrass lead VFCC’s Canadian nominees". Playback, January 23, 2024.
- ^ Demian Vernieri, "'A Day in the Life' with Vancouver-based Filmmaker Tyler Funk". Vancouver Guardian, November 8, 2023.
- ^ Dana Gee, "Famous toilet seat licker Ava Louise one of the stars in B.C. director's doc on Internet fame". Vancouver Sun, November 9, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Tyler Funk at IMDb
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