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John Paizs (born 1957 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian film director, writer and actor. [1] He is most noted for his debut feature film, Crime Wave, which was presented at the 1985 Toronto International Film Festival. He was the male lead and also wrote and directed the film. [2]
John Paizs was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is known for The Obsession of Billy Botski (1980), Top of the Food Chain (1999) and Crime Wave (1985).
Nov 16, 2023 · For years, John Paizs has been a cult figure among cult figures. The filmmaker, a key creator in the early days of the Winnipeg Film Group, created work that was subversive, funny and visually inventive.
Crime Wave, also known as The Big Crime Wave, is a 1985 Canadian independent surrealist comedy film written, produced and directed by Winnipeg-based filmmaker John Paizs. [1]
...if the great Canadian comedy ever gets made, John Paizs might be the one to make it. – Jay Scott, Toronto Globe and Mail, 1985. There is a paradox at the heart of John Paizs’s Crime Wave (1985): for a comedy about the agony of writer’s block, there is a stunning degree of imagination on display.
Crime Wave: Directed by John Paizs. With Eva Kovacs, John Paizs, Darrell Baran, Jeffrey Owen Madden. A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle.
Apr 26, 2018 · John Paizs’ Crime Wave was the culmination of themes and style developed by Paizs in a series of shorts starring the director himself as a ‘silent man’ character, Nick, the predecessor of Stephen Penny, mute protagonist of Crime Wave.
Film In Conversation. JOHN PAIZS with Rumsey Taylor. John Paizs’s Crime Wave debuted at the 1985 Toronto International Film Festival to local acclaim.
John Paizs (born in 1957) is a director, writer and actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1985 his much-celebrated independent comedy Crime Wave was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was the male lead and also wrote and directed the film.
If the name John Paizs is known to American audiences, it is likely due to his work with Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, for whom he directed a number of short film segments in the early 90s (including the classic “Mr. Heavyfoot,” an homage to Jacques Tati).
