Tracy Wright
Рождение : 1959-12-07, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Смерть : 2010-06-22
История
Tracy Wright was born on December 7, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1989, she was a founding member of the Toronto's Augusta Company, along with her future husband Don McKellar and Daniel Brooks, and worked regularly throughout her theatre career with Brooks, McKellar, and Canadian writers and directors including Nadia Ross, Jacob Wren, Daniel MacIvor, Hillar Liitoja, Paul Bettis and Sky Gilbert.
In film, she worked closely with McKellar and Bruce McDonald, whose Highway 61 (1991) was one of her first major roles, and This Movie Is Broken and Trigger (2010) were her last. She was also known for her roles in films such as Monkey Warfare, Last Night, When Night Is Falling, Superstar and Me and You and Everyone We Know. Highlights of her television appearances include The Kids in the Hall and Twitch City.
Wright also acted in Bob Wiseman's video "We Got Time" in 1989, along with Leslie Spit Treeo and Don McKellar, and she is the subject of a song by Wiseman, entitled "Mothface@yahoo.ca" from his 2013 release Giulietta Masina at the Oscars Crying.
She was married to McKellar, her long-term partner, in January 2010.
Wright died on June 22, 2010, aged 50, from pancreatic cancer.
She wa known for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Trigger (2010) and Blindness (2008). She was married to Don McKellar. She died on June 22, 2010 in Toronto.
The Archivist
Several story threads about consciousness and perception intertwine in this film by video installation artist Daniel Cockburn.
Vic
Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.
Box Office Woman
Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, as it happens, Broken Social Scene, her favourite band, is throwing a big outdoor bash. Maybe if Bruno, with the help of his best pal Blake, can score tickets and give Caroline a night to remember, he can keep this miracle alive.
Leslie's Mom
A young jury member becomes infatuated with Leslie, a troubled teenager and former homecoming princess, who became a follower of Charles Manson's cult and is now on trial for murder.
Rhonda
Thief's Wife
Место действия фильма — огромный мегаполис, у которого нет названия. Именно здесь начинается странная эпидемия… эпидемия слепоты. Жители города теряют зрение один за другим и, это ставит целый мегаполис на грань жизни и смерти. Лишь одна женщина по неизвестной причине осталась видеть. Сможет ли она стать проводником для других?
Elizabeth Dokes
Рэй Доукс условно-досрочно освободился из заключения и всего лишь хотел отсидеться в тиши. Но не тут-то было: приехав домой, Рэй сталкивается с местным жадиной-девелопером Сони Стэнтоном, который вынуждает ковбоев продавать свои земли. С помощью молодой симпатичной жокейши и техасского ковбоя, лучшие годы которого позади, Рэй разрабатывает план, как остановить Стэнтона и защитить земляков.
Linda
Two ex-revolutionaries living underground have their lives turned upside down by a sexy young radical who goes from smashing SUVs to fighting gentrification with firebombs.
Nancy Herrington
Ричард Суирси, отец-одиночка, воспитывающий двоих сыновей, вполне готов к семейным переменам, но когда очаровательная и порывистая Кристин, самобытная художница и лихой водитель «Элдеркэба», врывается в его жизнь, Ричарда охватывает паника. В то же самое время его семилетний сын Робби завязывает свой первый, правда пока виртуальный роман с прекрасной незнакомкой, а 14-летний Питер вновь и вновь становится «подопытным кроликом» для соседских девочек, которые репетируют на парне свои будущие романтические отношения…
Tabitha
An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.
Detective Sweeney
Лихо распрощавшись с прошлым, Клэр покидает Монреаль, надеясь обрести счастье в Торонто. Совершенно не зная английского, растерянная искательница приключений не догадывается, что с первых же минут в новом, чужом городе она невольно стала главным героем безумной аферы с бриллиантами и жестокими убийцами-контрабандистами. Вездесущей полиции и безжалостной мафии очень не нравится загадочная Клэр, и они заставят ее отвечать за чужие грехи, если она срочно не возьмет ситуацию в свои руки.
Steve
A married journalist unexpectedly dials up true love over the telephone while doing research for a story.
Sister Anne
Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
Alex
Каждый из героев этого фильма ассоциируется с одним чувством. Жизни этих людей таинственным образом связаны друг с другом.
Donna
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Dog Psychologist's Wife
Sex comedy takes a look at contemporary dating mores and hypothesizes that the new dating location may be the dog walk in the park. Follow one mild-mannered man who's consistently unlucky in love and dogs.
Female Dance Partner
Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event.
Joanna McVeigh
Set in Depression-era Eastern Ontario, "The Fires of Joanna" tells the story of a woman struggling to endure a harsh and unforgiving life. Joanna McVeigh is a young epileptic woman, who, burdened by an illness for which she is shunned, illuminates her isolation with the pleasures of her one great gift: her ability to set fires with her mind. A tale of sin, guilt, and redemption.
Emily
The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he travels to Canada to perform Bach's Cello Suites.
Spot
Marlene Moore has spent most of her life in prison, and is considered so dangerous that the authorities want her locked up indefinitely — though she has never committed a serious crime.
Vivian Klitorsky
A bisexual female pornographer searches for sexual and economic independence in a male-dominated industry. But most of all, the girl just wants to have fun.
Marvette
Joe is a twenty-something gay man who decides to film people he meets on the street with a camera given to him by his boyfriend.
Dispatcher
Josephine has her eye on Joe, a hot-headed, petty criminal who taps phones for a living. When she finally worms her way into his heart she realises it's not a nice place to be. But is it too late?
Souvenir Shop Clerk
A round of unerotic sexual couplings in Toronto, interspersed with interviews about an impending total eclipse.
Tory
Преподаватель Протестантского Колледжа, Камилла помолвлена с Мартином, своим коллегой по колледжу — священником и доцентом. Жизнь полна неожиданностей. Резкий поворот судьбы толкает Камиллу в объятия блистательной Петры, артистки цирка. Страсть, фантазия, любовь. Камилла должна выбрать: уйти с женщиной, которую она желает, или остаться с мужчиной, которого она любит.
Matt, although married, is completely in love with a hustler called Dick. One night Matt leaves his wife and goes to Dick’s apartment where he waits for his loved one. But Dick’s roommate tells Matt that if Dick catches him there he will kill him.
Judy
Mixing conventional and new digital technologies, Judith Doyle also weaves a dialectic between reality and fiction linked by he casual introspection of the film's narrator, a video artist named Rebecca. Over black and white archival footage from a fifties tourism film about Wasaga Beach, Rebecca says "I videotape photographs and places that are gone."
A brief glimpse into the life a single urban gay male.
New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche.
Margo
A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, and the drugs stashed within all the way.
