Caelum Vatnsdal
Caelum Vatnsdal (born 1970) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.[1] He is most noted for his books They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema (2004), a comprehensive study of Canadian horror films,[2] and You Don’t Know Me, But You Love Me: The Lives of Dick Miller (2018), a biography of character actor Dick Miller.[3]
As a filmmaker he directed the feature film Black as Hell, Strong as Death, Sweet as Love (1998) and the Weakerthans documentary film We're the Weakerthans, We're from Winnipeg (2010),[4] as well as numerous short films. He has also acted in the films of Guy Maddin,[1] including Careful, Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity, Sissy Boy Slap Party, Maldoror: Tygers, The Heart of the World and Cowards Bend the Knee.
He worked from 2008 to 2010 as editor of the Icelandic Canadian community newspaper Lögberg-Heimskringla.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Randall King, "Icelandic Canadians are in the arts because they're artistic". Winnipeg Free Press, November 24, 2012.
- ^ David Pugliese, "The dead zone: History of horror films recalls a truly frightening era in Canada". Ottawa Citizen, October 31, 2004.
- ^ Adam Nayman, "You Don’t Know Me, But You Love Me: The Lives of Dick Miller". Quill & Quire, January 2019.
- ^ Vish Khanna, "We're the Weakerthans We're from Winnipeg". Exclaim!, October 4, 2011.
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