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Gil Cardinal(1950-2015)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Gil Cardinal was born in 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Big Bear (1998), Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003) and Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006). He died on 21 November 2015 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Born1950
DiedNovember 21, 2015
Born1950
DiedNovember 21, 2015
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

Big Bear (1998)
Big Bear
6.9
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003)
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
7.0
  • Director
  • 2003
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006)
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
6.9
TV Mini Series
  • Director
David with F.A.S
  • Director
  • 1997

Credits

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Director

  • Totem: Return and Renewal (2007)
    Totem: Return and Renewal
    Short
    • directed by
    • 2007
  • Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2007)
    Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006)
    Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Moccasin Flats (2003)
    Moccasin Flats
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2005
  • Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003)
    Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
    7.0
    • director
    • 2003
  • Chiefs (2002)
    Chiefs
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Henry Czerny, Elliott Gould, Lisa Jakub, Saul Rubinek, Tom Cavanagh, Chad Krowchuk, Sarah Lind, Stevie Mitchell, and Michael Sarrazin in Mentors (1998)
    Mentors
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Big Bear (1998)
    Big Bear
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1998
  • David with F.A.S
    • Director
    • 1997
  • North of 60 (1992)
    North of 60
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1994–1997
  • The Rez (1996)
    The Rez
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Tikinagan
    • Director
    • 1991
  • The Spirit Within (1990)
    The Spirit Within
    • directed by
    • 1990
  • Foster Child (1987)
    Foster Child
    8.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Hotwalker
    Short
    • Director
    • 1986

Writer

  • Home Fire (2014)
    Home Fire
    Short
    • writer
    • 2014
  • Tantoo Cardinal, Nathaniel Arcand, Carmen Moore, Eric Schweig, Michelle Thrush, Ray G. Thunderchild, Michelle Latimer, Andrea Menard, Steven Cree Molison, Bernard Starlight, Roseanne Supernault, Justin Rain, and Ashley Callingbull in Blackstone (2009)
    Blackstone
    7.4
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • teleplay by
    • written by
    • 2009–2012
  • Round Up (2010)
    Round Up
    Short
    • written by
    • 2010
  • Totem: Return and Renewal (2007)
    Totem: Return and Renewal
    Short
    • written by
    • 2007
  • Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2007)
    Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
    TV Mini Series
    • screen adaptation
    • 2007
  • Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003)
    Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
    7.0
    • narration script
    • 2003
  • Chiefs (2002)
    Chiefs
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • written by
    • 2002
  • Big Bear (1998)
    Big Bear
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • written by
    • 1998
  • David with F.A.S
    • Writer
    • 1997

Producer

  • Round Up (2010)
    Round Up
    Short
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Namrata (2010)
    Namrata
    Short
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Honour Thy Father (2008)
    Honour Thy Father
    Short
    • producer
    • 2008
  • Big Bear (1998)
    Big Bear
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • associate producer
    • 1998
  • David with F.A.S
    • producer
    • 1997

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Encyclopedia
  • Born
    • 1950
    • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Died
    • November 21, 2015
    • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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    Is of Métis descent, and often makes films concerned with aboriginal issues.

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