Bruce Pittman | |
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Born |
Ronald Bruce Pittman 1950 Toronto, Ontario |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Film director, film producer |
Years active | 1966–present |
Ronald Bruce Pittman, (b. 1950) is an award-winning Canadian television and film director. He directed the 1989 film Where the Spirit Lives, which won 3 awards internationally and has been nominated for multiple Gemini and other awards.
He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and the Directors Guild of America.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Pittman attended Park Lawn Public School, Royal York Collegiate and Kipling Collegiate in Etobicoke, Ontario.
In 1966, he made his first film, which received an Honorable Mention at the Kodak Student Film Festival in Rochester, New York.
Pittman began full time filmmaking in 1973 with documentary films about other filmmakers: Freddie Young and John Frankenheimer.