Mort Ransen was a Canadian film and television director, editor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his Genie Award-winning 1995 film Margaret's Museum.
12 Facts About Mort Ransen
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Mort Ransen attended Baron Byng High School, where a teacher suggested that he pursue a career in acting.
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Mort Ransen left school after grade nine and went to New York, where he studied under the highly-regarded acting teacher Peggy Feury.
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Mort Ransen returned to Montreal, changed his name and began building an acting and directing career in theatre.
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In 1960, Mort Ransen was hired by the National Film Board of Canada.
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Mort Ransen was teaching film studies classes at McGill University, where he gave his students cameras to create the celebrated 1968 film Christopher's Movie Matinee.
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Mort Ransen left the NFB in 1984 and directed film and TV projects for other producers.
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Mort Ransen was credited for many years as director of the 1969 documentary film You Are on Indian Land.
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Mort Ransen always opposed that, saying that it was properly Mitchell's film, and the film's directorial credit was reassigned to Mitchell in 2017.
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In 1997, Mort Ransen moved to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia to live as a 'hippie'.
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Mort Ransen did some theatre work and formed his own company, Ranfilm Productions, through which he created three more films, including the critically-acclaimed My Father's Angel.
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Mort Ransen had been with his partner, theatre director Libby Mason, since 2000.