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Phillip Borsos (May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995) was an Australian-born Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
A leading Canadian filmmaker, Phillip Borsos has enjoyed considerable success in international markets. One of the "Vancouver School", he began his career as a director (and sometime producer and writer) with several short subjects, beginning with Cooperage (1976).
- Director, Actor, Producer
- May 5, 1953
- Phillip Borsos
- February 2, 1995
Dec 2, 2007 · Phillip Borsos, film director (b at Hobart, Tasmania 5 May 1953; d at Vancouver 1 Feb 1995). After a successful career producing and directing theatrical short subjects, he gained international recognition with his first feature film, The Grey Fox, the true story of train robber Bill Miner.
Mar 17, 2003 · On the set, Borsos was a perfectionist, taking time to create exquisite images. But he also displayed an acute sensitivity to actors, an ability to locate a mood. While working with him in China, Bethune star Donald Sutherland became a friend.
Jan 1, 1995 · Phillip Borsos was a prodigious talent whose brief but admired filmmaking career ended with his untimely death in 1995. Borsos’ legacy belies his mere 41 years in the richness and maturity of his filmmaking, including the acclaimed and much loved feature The Grey Fox (1982) and his lasting
Sep 23, 2009 · One of the most highly-regarded debut features in Canadian history, Phillip Borsos’ The Grey Fox tells the true story of “gentleman bandit” Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth), who is credited with committing Canada’s first train robbery.
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The fonds consists of film, videotape, audio tape, photographs, screenplays, production files, correspondence, company files, and publicity materials documenting the career of Phillip Borsos as a filmmaker from the early 1970s to 1995, as well as some posthumous documentation up until 2010.
