Curtis Wehrfritz

Curtis Wehrfritz is a Canadian film and music video director and artist.[1] He is most noted as the winner of the Juno Award for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1993, for his video for Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time".[2]

Other artists for whom he has directed videos have included Chalk Circle, The Grapes of Wrath, Tom Cochrane, 54-40, Holly Cole Trio, Blue Rodeo, The Tea Party, The Philosopher Kings, Odds, Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, Mae Moore, Cassandra Vasik and Crowded House.

In 1999 he directed the theatrical feature film Four Days.[1] He subsequently left filmmaking, and pursued work in visual arts, working primarily in daguerreotype and wet plate photography.[3]

Awards

Award Year Category Work Result Ref(s)
Genie Awards 1993 Best Art Direction/Production Design Tectonic Plates Nominated [4]
2000 Claude Jutra Award Four Days Nominated [5]
Juno Awards 1993 Video of the Year Leonard Cohen, "Closing Time" Won [2]
Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets" Nominated [6]
54-40, "She La" Nominated
1994 Leonard Cohen, "The Future" Nominated [7]
Holly Cole Trio, "I Can See Clearly Now" Nominated
1995 Blue Rodeo, "Bad Timing" Nominated [8]
1996 The Tea Party, "Sister Awake" Nominated [9]
1997 Odds, "Someone Who's Cool" Nominated [10]
MuchMusic Video Awards 1990 VideoFACT Award Chalk Circle, "Together" Won [11]
1991 Best Director The Grapes of Wrath, "I Am Here" Won [12]
1992 Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets" Won [13]
54-40, "She La" Nominated [14]
1994 Blue Rodeo, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" Won [15]
1995 The Philosopher Kings, "Charms" Nominated
1996 The Tea Party, "Sister Awake" Won [16]

References

  1. ^ a b Dan Brown, "Canadian noir delivers". National Post, November 12, 1999.
  2. ^ a b Chris Dafoe, "Women have come a long way at Junos: Celine Dion, who hosted last night's ceremony, and k.d. lang were the big winners in a show where female performers dominated most of the major categories and Anne Murray was given Hall of Fames honours". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1993.
  3. ^ "Toronto’s must-see art shows: Galleries". Now, May 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "The nominees are...". Edmonton Journal, October 20, 1993.
  5. ^ John Griffin and Jay Stone, "Bright day for Sunshine: European epic leads Genies, Egoyan's Felicia's Journey is close behind". Montreal Gazette, December 8, 1999.
  6. ^ "Juno Award nominations". Calgary Herald, February 10, 1993.
  7. ^ "Complete list of nominations of Juno Awards". Toronto Star, February 9, 1994.
  8. ^ Jane Stevenson, "Arden, Hip, Symphony lead Juno nods". Halifax Daily News, February 9, 1995.
  9. ^ "Biscuit and Monkeys shoot for Junos". Hamilton Spectator, February 1, 1996.
  10. ^ "Dion and Tragically Hip top Juno list". Canadian Press, January 29, 1997.
  11. ^ Chris Dafoe, "Fresh Wes video tops awards". Toronto Star, June 26, 1990.
  12. ^ Larry LeBlanc, "Much Ado About MuchMusic's Canadian Awards". Billboard, October 12, 1991.
  13. ^ "54-40 takes top video award". Hamilton Spectator, September 28, 1992.
  14. ^ Nick Krewen, "Video awards air Saturday". Hamilton Spectator, September 24, 1992.
  15. ^ "Video director big winner: Top technical nod goes to Blue Rodeo video". Halifax Daily News, September 30, 1994.
  16. ^ Elizabeth Renzetti, "MacIsaac garners 3 awards; Ironic video wins international category". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1996.