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Director Ken Girotti’s TV movie Mayerthorpe, which documents that tragedy, has been nominated for a Gemini Award for best direction in a dramatic program or miniseries.
Mayerthorpe was filmed outside Calgary in spring 2007 and aired on CTV in January. It has received a total of seven Gemini nominations.
“Frankly, when I first heard they were going to make a film out of it, I thought, ‘Why would anybody want to watch that?’ ” said Girotti, 52, who moved to Merritton as an infant and spent many years in St. Catharines.
Girotti said the movie’s powerful screenplay changed his mind.
“When I read the script ... I was just over the moon.
“It was one of the best scripts I’d read in I can’t remember how long,” he said in a phone interview during a break from directing an episode of the CBC show The Border in Toronto.
Girotti, who graduated from Niagara College’s radio and television program, has directed dozens of TV movies and episodes, working in Canada and south of the border. His credits include Stargate Atlantis, Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Rescue Me.
He was also nominated for a Gemini in 2006, for an episode of the TV thriller series ReGenesis. For his Mayerthorpe direction, he’s also been nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) award this year
Director Ken Girotti’s TV movie Mayerthorpe, which documents that tragedy, has been nominated for a Gemini Award for best direction in a dramatic program or miniseries.
Mayerthorpe was filmed outside Calgary in spring 2007 and aired on CTV in January. It has received a total of seven Gemini nominations.
“Frankly, when I first heard they were going to make a film out of it, I thought, ‘Why would anybody want to watch that?’ ” said Girotti, 52, who moved to Merritton as an infant and spent many years in St. Catharines.
Girotti said the movie’s powerful screenplay changed his mind.
“When I read the script ... I was just over the moon.
“It was one of the best scripts I’d read in I can’t remember how long,” he said in a phone interview during a break from directing an episode of the CBC show The Border in Toronto.
Girotti, who graduated from Niagara College’s radio and television program, has directed dozens of TV movies and episodes, working in Canada and south of the border. His credits include Stargate Atlantis, Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Rescue Me.
He was also nominated for a Gemini in 2006, for an episode of the TV thriller series ReGenesis. For his Mayerthorpe direction, he’s also been nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) award this year
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