Crew

MATTHEW BISSONNETTE (Writer/Director)

Matt Bissonnette was born and raised in Montreal, where he studied English and Film at Concordia University. He then read law at Queen’s University, was called to the Ontario bar, but retired two weeks later to write and work in movies. He is also a Film Independent fellow.

Bissonnette has written and directed two feature films Looking For Leonard (2002), and Who Loves The Sun (2006). His third feature, Passenger Side, will be released in 2009.

His debut novel, Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock, was published in the spring of 2008. The first two installments of his ongoing video project Your Home Movies, entitled Nowhere Man and Long May You Run, have been shown at Canada, a contemporary art gallery in New York City.

He currently lives in Los Angeles.

COREY MARR (Producer)

Corey Marr is a former creative advertising and marketing executive turned producer, now fronting Corey Marr Productions, a Toronto-based film and television production company.

Recent productions include the Genie-nominated film Who Loves the Sun directed by Matt Bissonnette and starring Lukas Haas, Molly Parker and Adam Scott. The film played over 30 festivals worldwide including London, AFI FEST, SXSW and Whistler before being released theatrically in Canada and selling internationally.

Premiering in the Narrative Competition at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival is Matt Bissonnette’s Passenger Side, starring Adam Scott, Joel Bissonnette, and Robin Tunney.

Corey is currently in development on several projects including the Poe-inspired thriller Voices, the screen adaptation of the award-winning novel Clara’s War, and Matt Bissonnette’s adventure comedy Summerteeth and road movie Typical Girls.

Corey recently participated in the 2009 Rotterdam Producing Lab.

ADAM SCOTT, COREY MARR & MATT BISSONNETTE (Executive Producers)

JONATHON CLIFF (Director of Photography)

Jonathon Cliff came to cinematography through a background in stills photography. His photographs have appeared in, amongst others, Rolling Stone, Time, Elle, Mojo and The New York Times. He has honed his craft on dozens of music videos, commercials and short films. Venturing into the wilds of rural Mississippi with little more than a couple of cameras and an open mind, Small Town Gay Bar represents his first feature length work in the documentary realm. In addition to Passenger Side, he has lensed the narrative features Monkey Warfare, which won a jury prize at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, Redacted for director Brian De Palma and Leslie, My Name is Evil.

MATTHEW HANNAM (Editor)

Matthew Hannam started his film career in Winnipeg where he attended the University of Winnipeg film and theatre program, after graduating he began editing, working for Winnipeg directors; Guy Maddin, Gary Yates and Sean Garrity. He later attended the Canadian Film Centre’s Editor’s lab and decided to call Toronto home. Since migrating east he has worked with Bruce McDonald on The Tracey Fragments and various TV endeavors, Maddin again on My winnipeg, Don McKellar on his Phonecalls from imaginary lovers series and most recently Matt Bissonnette’s Passenger Side. Matthew still lives in Toronto and likes to ride bikes.

MAC McCAUGHAN (Music Consultant)

McCaughan made a name for himself from the late 80’s through the early 2000’s as front man and chief songwriter for underground rock heroes, Superchunk. He started Portastatic in the mid-90s as an outlet for his more acoustic and eclectic material that didn’t quite fit in the Superchunk rock-band mold. McCaughan has scored two feature films, both for director Matt Bissonnette: Who Loves the Sun (2006) and Looking For Leonard (2002), and released both soundtracks on Merge Records, the label that McCaughan co-owns with Superchunk band-mate Laura Balance. The Merge roster includes artists such as: Arcade Fire, Spoon, Robert Pollard, Lambchop, Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, M. Ward, Lou Barlow and many many more. Mac McCaughan lives in Chapel Hill, NC.