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Phillip Borsos
Highest Rated: 100% The Grey Fox (1982)
Lowest Rated: 47% One Magic Christmas (1985)
Birthday: May 5, 1953
Birthplace: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
This Canadian director, best-known for his feature debut "The Grey Fox," was branching out to screenwriting as well when struck down by leukemia at the age of 41 in 1995. Borsos already had a reputation for directing TV commercials and theatrical shorts in Vancouver, having been nominated for an Oscar for his 1980 short "Nails." His feature debut took everyone by surprise: "The Grey Fox," the story of real-life 19th century train robber Bill Miner, was a low-budget but warm-hearted, big-as-all-outdoors tale that not only made a star of Richard Farnsworth, but also utilized the Washington state exteriors to great effect.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63% | 54% | Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog |
Director, Writer |
$10.4M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Bethune | Director | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Director | - | 1990 |
| 47% | 68% | One Magic Christmas | Director | $12.4M | 1985 |
| 64% | 33% | The Mean Season | Director | - | 1985 |
| 100% | 77% | The Grey Fox | Director | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spartree |
Director, Producer |
- | 1977 |