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Mark Slutsky

Mark Slutsky is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game director from Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for the 2022 film You Can Live Forever, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Sarah Watts.

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Mark Slutsky
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active2000s–present

Mark Slutsky is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game director from Montreal, Quebec.1 He is best known for the 2022 film You Can Live Forever, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Sarah Watts.2

Career

Previously a film critic for the Montreal Mirror,3 he made his debut as a filmmaker as codirector with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter of the comedy mockumentary film The Recommendations in 2005.4 The three subsequently collaborated on the screenplay for the 2010 film Peepers, which was directed by Owen.5

He subsequently wrote and directed a number of short films,6 and cowrote Yung Chang's documentary film The Fruit Hunters,7 before collaborating with Watts on You Can Live Forever, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022.8

Filmography

  • The Recommendations - 2005, codirector with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter
  • Peepers - 2010, cowriter with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter
  • The Decelerators - 2012, director and writer
  • Sorry, Rabbi - 2012, director and writer
  • The Fruit Hunters - 2012, cowriter with Yung Chang
  • Never Happened - 2015, director and writer
  • Final Offer - 2018, director and writer
  • You Can Live Forever - 2022, codirector with Sarah Watts

Awards

Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Canadian Comedy Awards 2011 Best Writing in a Film Peepers
with Seth W. Owen, Daniel Perlmutter 		Nominated 9
Canadian Screen Awards 2020 Best Video Game Narrative We Happy Few: Lightbearer
with Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter 		Nominated 10
2021 We Happy Few: We All Fall Down
with Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter 		Won 11
Directors Guild of Canada 2022 DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film You Can Live Forever
with Sarah Watts 		Nominated 12
References

References

  1. T'Cha Dunlevy, "Montrealers go viral with lesbian Jehovah’s Witness teen love story". Montreal Gazette, March 29, 2023.
  2. Power, Tom (May 12, 2023). "Filmmakers Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky on their new movie You Can Live Forever". CBC Arts. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  3. "Critics brave wrath of, well, the critics". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 17, 2015.
  4. Murray Whyte, "Invoking Hollywood glory on nickel and dime; Trio makes movies that bid to entertain, for pizza money Automatic Vaudeville up to 50 films". Toronto Star, February 9, 2005.
  5. Matthew Hays, "Quebec comics star in Peepers". Playback, December 15, 2008.
  6. Brendan Kelly, "Did you hear the one about ...?; Put a non-practising Jew together with a group of Hassidim, and Mark Slutsky finds comedy". Montreal Gazette, June 18, 2011.
  7. "The Fruit Hunters: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. May 15, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  8. Hipes, Patrick (June 7, 2022). "'You Can Live Forever' Trailer: First Look At Canadian LGBTQIA+ Drama In Tribeca's Viewpoints Lineup". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  9. Brendan Kelly, "Two Montreal films, Peepers and Good Neighbours, lead the race for the Canadian Comedy Awards". Montreal Gazette, June 10, 2011.
  10. Alex Dudok de Wit, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: All The Animation Nominees". Cartoon Brew, February 20, 2020.
  11. Milligan, Mercedes (April 4, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards: Animation, VFX & Digital Media Nominees". Animation Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  12. Vlessing, Etan (September 23, 2022). "DGC Awards: 'Nightmare Alley,' 'Crimes of the Future,' 'Night Raiders' Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
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