Directing
Guy Maddin
- Titles
- 81movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1982 to 2024, busiest in 2008 and 2014 with 6 main titles each.
- Directed
- 66titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
The Heart of the World89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor5.7average 2.0
- Uncanny5.4average 2.5
- Satire & Parody4.9average 2.3
- Dark Humor4.9average 2.8
- Fantasy3.6average 1.7
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Wonder4.9average 3.4
- Spiritual3.4average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.3
- Adrenaline3.4, average 5.0
- Wholesome2.0, average 3.3
- Coming of Age1.7, average 3.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Non-Linear Narrative 3
- Experimental Film 3
- Darkly Humorous 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Psychological Exploration 2
- Visual Storytelling 2
- Melancholic 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- JJohn GurdebekeEditorRumours, The Forbidden Room, Brand Upon the Brain!, My Dad Is 100 Years Old, Lines of the Hand, +17 more
Evan JohnsonEditorRumours, The Forbidden Room, Lines of the Hand, The Green Fog, Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton, +10 more
George TolesWriterThe Saddest Music in the World, Keyhole, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Brand Upon the Brain!, Nude Caboose, +6 more
Galen JohnsonWriterRumours, The Forbidden Room, Lines of the Hand, Sinclair, The Green Fog, +5 more
Louis NeginActorThe Saddest Music in the World, Keyhole, The Forbidden Room, Brand Upon the Brain!, Cowards Bend the Knee, +4 more
Darcy FehrActorThe Saddest Music in the World, Cowards Bend the Knee, My Winnipeg, My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto, The Cock Crew, +3 more
Kyle McCullochActorTales from the Gimli Hospital, Archangel, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms, Careful, Rooster Workbook, +1 more
Brent NealeActorKeyhole, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Careful, Stump the Guesser, Glorious, +1 more
Isabella RosselliniActorThe Saddest Music in the World, Keyhole, Brand Upon the Brain!, My Dad Is 100 Years Old
Benjamin KasulkeCinematographerKeyhole, The Forbidden Room, Brand Upon the Brain!, Glorious- JJody ShapiroCinematographerNude Caboose, My Winnipeg, FuseBoy, Audition One
- MMichael GottliActorTales from the Gimli Hospital, Archangel, Hospital Fragment
Movies and TV shows
23Type
Upcoming
1 title
The Triangular Door
as Narrator
2020s
4 titles · average score 62
City Wide Fever (2026)
Executive Producer
57
Rumours (2024)
Director, Story
Horse Brothers (2022)
as Anton the Horse (voice)
66
Stump the Guesser (2020)
Writer, Director
2010s
1 title · average score 75
75
The Forbidden Room (2015)
Writer, Original Music Composer
2000s
11 titles · average score 72
66
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (2009)
Writer, Director of Photography
How to Take a Bath (2009)
Director
81
My Winnipeg (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Glorious (2008)
Writer, Director
72
My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2006)
Director
Nude Caboose (2006)
Writer, Director of Photography
58
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party (2004)
Writer, Camera Operator
62
Sorrowful Shadow (2004)
Director of Photography, Director
75
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Writer, Director
89
The Heart of the World (2000)
Director of Photography, Editor
1990s
2 titles · average score 59
63
Careful (1992)
Production Design, Editor
1980s
4 titles · average score 62
61
Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
Director, Writer
63
The Dead Father (1985)
Director, Writer
The International Style (1983)
as Nurse
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms (1982)
as Student