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John Fawcett

Highest Rated: 100% Riding the Rails (1997)

Lowest Rated: 40% The Dark (2005)

Birthday: May 3, 1968

Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Director John Fawcett spearheaded a new wave of Canadian horror with cult werewolf flick "Ginger Snaps" (2000) before co-creating one of his homeland's most successful sci-fi exports, "Orphan Black "(Space, 2013-). Born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1968 to strict Mormon parents, Fawcett first began making films on a Super 8 camera while at high school, going onto hone his craft at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and Canadian Film Centre. Fawcett made his directorial debut with "Half Nelson" (1992), a short about a kid who thinks his father is a vampire, before moving into TV for a single episode of kids sci-fi comedy "Space Cases" (Nickelodeon, 1996-97) and then full-length features with "The Boys Club" (1997), a crime thriller in which Chris Penn's fugitive befriends a group of teenagers. His big breakthrough arrived in the shape of "Ginger Snaps" (2000), a coming-of-age lycanthropic tale about two death-obsessed sisters which briefly positioned Fawcett as the new David Cronenberg. Following work on "My Daughter's Secret Life" (2001), a TV movie about a high school student's gambling obsession, and several episodes of action-adventure "Xena: Warrior Princess" (Syndication, 1995-2001), crime drama "Da Vinci's Inquest" (CBC, 1998-2005), and romantic sitcom "Show Me Yours" (Showcase, 2004-05), Fawcett returned to the horror genre with "The Dark" (2005), a Welsh-based mythological story about a couple whose daughter is replaced by a long-dead girl. Fawcett then helmed a number of TV movies including parallel lives drama "Last Exit" (2006), countryside horror "Bon Voyage" (2006) and political thriller "The Quality of Life" (2008), and added LGBT groundbreaker "Queer as Folk" (Showcase, 2000-05), security agency drama "The Border" (CBC, 2008-2010) and police procedural "The Bridge" (CTV, 2010) to his increasingly prolific resume. Family drama "Heartland" (CTV, 2007-), supernatural hit "Lost Girl" (Showcase, 2010-15) and time travel comedy "Being Erica" (CBC, 2009-2011) were just some of the Canadian TV shows which occasionally benefitted from Fawcett's directorial flair, with cop drama "Rookie Blue" (ABC, 2010-15) and medical mystery "Saving Hope" (CTV, 2012-) both employing his talents for longer periods too. Fawcett then received the highest acclaim of his career with a show with he wrote, produced and directed, and developed alongside Graeme Manson, "Orphan Black" (Space, 2013-), an award-winning sci-fi drama which explores the complex issue of human cloning.

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Highest rated movies

100% 86% Riding the Rails
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90% 78% Ginger Snaps
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88% 66% Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed
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40% 32% The Dark
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52% The Boys Club
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The Quality of Life
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Bon Voyage
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60% My Daughter's Secret Life
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Power Play
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48% Last Exit
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Quality of Life Director - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bon Voyage Director - 2006
No Score Yet 48% Last Exit Director - 2006
40% 32% The Dark Director - 2005
88% 66% Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed Producer - 2004
No Score Yet 60% My Daughter's Secret Life Director - 2001
90% 78% Ginger Snaps Director,
Writer
$27.1K 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Power Play Director - 1999
No Score Yet 52% The Boys Club Director - 1997
100% 86% Riding the Rails Unknown (Character) - 1997

TV

Credit
50% 88% Billy the Kid Director 2024
No Score Yet 50% Sight Unseen Executive Producer,
Director
2024
100% 81% The Way Home Director 2024
60% 51% Orphan Black: Echoes Executive Producer,
Director
2023
No Score Yet 96% Pretty Hard Cases Director 2023
89% 67% Titans Director 2018
No Score Yet 84% Rookie Blue Director 2010-2012 2014
No Score Yet 70% Bitten Director 2014
No Score Yet 79% Saving Hope Director 2013
93% 92% Orphan Black Director 2013
64% No Score Yet Spartacus Director 2011 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spartacus Director 2011 2013
66% 80% Lost Girl Director 2012
47% 73% The Secret Circle Director 2011-2012
No Score Yet 86% Flashpoint Director 2011
58% 87% The Dresden Files Director 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1-800-Missing Director 2005
No Score Yet 39% Mutant X Director 2002
No Score Yet 86% Xena Director 1999-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Femme Nikita Director 1998