Marc Almon

Marc Almon is an award-winning filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Almon is best known for his work as the lead producer of the Canadian feature film Blackbird. and for his position as the chair of the filmmakers' organization Screen Nova Scotia Industry Association (2015 - 2016).

Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors. He subsequently produced, directed or written a number of award-winning short films, including The Wake of Calum MacLeodand D’Unee Rive a l'Autre (director: Maxime Desmons), which have traveled to international film festivals and have aired on CBC, Global, BBC, Bravo! and the Sundance Channel.

Almon was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2008, won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize in 2010, was a finalist for the TIFF Pitch This! competition, and attended the Rotterdam Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training program.

Almon's film Blackbird made its debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian First Feature Award. Blackbird continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013. The film has been sold in a number of international territories via Films Boutique.

In 2013, Almon was named a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood.

In 2015, Almon became the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia., an organization which represents Nova Scotia film, television and digital media. In this role he was involved in negotiations with the provincial government about changes to the film tax credit.

Also in 2015, he served as executive producer of the film Your Money or Your Wife, filmed in February in Halifax by Shut Up and Deal Films.

• Transit (2001)
• The Wake of Calum MacLeod (2006)
• D'une rive à l'autre (2009)
• The Fiddler's Reel (2010)
• Blackbird (2012)
• Your Money or Your Wife (2015)
• Weirdos (2016)