Bruce Pittman

Biography

Bruce Pittman (born February 4, 1950) is a Canadian television and film director best known for directing the 1987 slasher Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II.[1] He also directed the 1989 film Where the Spirit Lives, which won the Gemini Award for Best TV movie and numerous international awards. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada[2] and the Directors Guild of America. Early life and career Born in Toronto, Ontario, on February 4, 1950. Pittman attended Park Lawn Public School, Royal York Collegiate and Kipling Collegiate in Etobicoke.[3] In 1966, he made his first student film, which received an Honorable Mention at the Kodak Student Film Festival in Rochester, New York.[3] That year he began working at the Odeon Humber Theatre learning every aspect of film exhibition.[3] From 1968 through 1972 Pittman worked at Famous Players in their publicity department, Communikon a market research company which was a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and Allan King Associates directing their independent film distribution. He also opened the Revue Cinema in Toronto.[3] Pittman began professional filmmaking in 1971 with documentary films about other filmmakers: Freddie Young and Jo…

Directed

1. Airwolf (1984) — Director
2. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Director
3. Friday the 13th: The Series (1987) — Director
4. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987) — Director
5. Relic Hunter (1999) — Director
6. Mutant X (2001) — Director
7. Earth: Final Conflict (1997) — Director
8. Due South (1994) — Director
9. Harrison Bergeron (1995) — Director
10. North of 60 (1992) — Director
11. Road to Avonlea (1990) — Director
12. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) — Director
13. Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996) — Director
14. Forever Knight (1992) — Director
15. The Secret Path (1999) — Director
16. Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002) — Director
17. TekWar (1994) — Director
18. Doc (2001) — Director
19. Flood: A River's Rampage (1997) — Director
20. To Brave Alaska (1996) — Director
21. Maniac Mansion (1990) — Director
22. Locked in Silence (1999) — Director
23. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
24. Confidential (1986) — Director
25. No Alibi (2000) — Director
26. Tracker (2001) — Director
27. Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003) — Director
28. Mark of Cain (1986) — Director
29. The Painted Door (1984) — Director
30. Where the Spirit Lives (1990) — Director
31. Twice in a Lifetime (1999) — Director
32. Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) — Director
33. Blood Brothers (1994) — Director
34. Alien Tracker (2003) — Director
35. Adderly (1986) — Director
36. Catwalk (1992) — Director
37. The Hidden Room (1991) — Director
38. To Dance with Olivia (1997) — Director
39. Stolen from the Heart (2000) — Director
40. The Last Movie (2012) — Director