Phillip Borsos

Known for

Directing

Born

May 5, 1953

Birthplace

Hobart, Tasmania

Died

February 13, 1995 (aged 41)

Biography

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Phillip Borsos (May 5, 1953 - February 13, 1995) was Canadian film director and film producer.

Borsos showed an early interest in film-making while attending high school in Maple Ridge, B.C. He studied film at the Banff Centre School for Fine Arts and at the Vancouver School of Art, now the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.

His early work included several shorts notable for their cinematography and pacing. Three outstanding documentaries done in his early years are Cooperage (1976), Spartree (1977) and Nails (1979). All three won Best Theatrical Short at the Canadian Film Awards, "The Genie Awards", and also received a nomination for an Oscar i...