Carl Bessai

Carl Bessai

Directing
Edmonton, Canada

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Carl Bessai (born 1966 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing documentary films before moving to Vancouver and directing his debut feature film Johnny in 1999. Bessai has made a career working on low-budget independent features but has worked with A-List actors Ian McKellen and Deborah Kara Unger on his film Emile and Carrie-Anne Moss on his film Normal. He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for the latter film. Bessai is a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada, the Writer’s Guild of Canada, and the Canadian Film and Television Producer's Association. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Bessai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles

#1Mothers & Daughters

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m as Documentary Filmmaker

1.0 / 10
DramaComedy

Comedy about three very different women and the complex relationship they have with their mothers.

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#2Evelyne

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m as Gary

6.0 / 10
Drama

A Zimbabwean immigrant struggles to find a foothold until a gentle apartment caretaker named Gary reaches out to help her, in ways that exemplify the best of goodwill and empathy.

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#3T.U.R.D

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m as Quarrell McHumphrey

8.8 / 10

Greed threatens the livelihood of a gang of eccentric students and artists. Can they put aside their trivial issues and save their school?

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