Dale Heslip

Dale Heslip is a Canadian director of music videos and documentary films from Kitchener, Ontario.[1] He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year for his music video work with Crash Test Dummies, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 1992 for "Superman's Song",[2] and at the Juno Awards of 1994 for "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".[3]

His narrative short film The Truth About the Head was screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where it won several short film awards from the Critics' Week program,[4] and was named Best Canadian Short Film at the 2003 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival.[1]

He also received dual Juno nominations for Best Album Graphics at the Juno Awards of 1987 for both Frozen Ghost by Frozen Ghost and Mending Wall by Chalk Circle,[5] and was a two-time Gemini Award nominee for Best Best Production Design or Art Direction, receiving nods at the 5th Gemini Awards and the 6th Gemini Awards for his work at Juno Award ceremonies.

His other work has included the 2016 Rush documentary film Rush: Time Stand Still,[6] and the 2024 Blue Rodeo documentary film Blue Rodeo: Lost Together.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Quirky film makes more headway". Waterloo Region Record, June 10, 2003.
  2. ^ "Nominees a Who's Who of Canadian music". Halifax Daily News, February 13, 1992.
  3. ^ Kate Taylor, "Quirky mix of nominees for 1994 Junos". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1994.
  4. ^ Colin Hunter, "Headliner at Cannes; Famed festival gives the nod to K-W man's surreal film". Waterloo Region Record, June 7, 2003.
  5. ^ "The 1987 Juno Award nominees". Toronto Star, October 30, 1987.
  6. ^ Jordan Zivitz, "Perspective on a cathartic farewell; Rush documentary a movie for the converted". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, November 4, 2016.
  7. ^ David Song, "'The music piece really resonates'". Pique Newsmagazine, November 29, 2024.