Bruce Sweeney is a Canadian film director. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny Film Direction for the film Last Wedding. He has since directed American Venus, and Excited. His upcoming film The Dick Knost Show has been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
[on 'The Dick Knost Show'] I'm a sports-talk junkie. So when we decided we needed a project to keep us from going insane in the winter, I needed to do research - and I'm lazy - so spinning a narrative about a sports-talk show seemed like a good idea.
2
Things are changing all the time. Even to see the evolution of a shoot: from trucks and crew and food and people revolving around one camera. Now you shoot with three cameras and a skeleton crew. The whole model has changed, and that's exciting - because there's nothing worse that things staying the same.
3
I think the common point between noir and my film is the grifter mentality You know, tie that into the world financial collapse in '08 and you get these grifters thinking on their feet - and when they do that, they rip people off.
4
(on 'The Crimes of Mike Recket') I'd say this is a neo-noir, but not in the conventional sense. I've tried to subvert genre. It's the story of how one mistake leads to the next - which is very noir - but there is no typical femme fatale.
5
I think I've already done every major sexual dysfunction there is to talk about. I don't think there's anything left.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dick Knost Show
2013
Crimes of Mike Recket
2012
Excited
2009
American Venus
2007
Last Wedding
2001
Dirty
1998
Live Bait
1995
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dick Knost Show
2013
Crimes of Mike Recket
2012
Excited
2009
written by
American Venus
2007
written by
Last Wedding
2001
written by
Dirty
1998
writer
Live Bait
1995
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dick Knost Show
2013
producer
Crimes of Mike Recket
2012
producer
Excited
2009
producer
Dirty
1998
producer
Live Bait
1995
producer
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dick Knost Show
2013
camera operator
Crimes of Mike Recket
2012
camera operator
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kissed
1996
boom operator
Valentine's Day
1994
sound
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Live Bait
1995
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Manhattan Flyer Deluxe
2011
Short thanks
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
TV Movie documentary grateful appreciation to
Moving Malcolm
2003
thanks
Punch
2002
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
$800,000
