Josh Freed is a Canadian writer, director and actor.
He has won two Chris Awards for Best North American Current Affairs Documentary. In Canada, Freed has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, three Writers Guild of Canada Awards and a Genie Award.
He writes a weekly humour column in The Gazette. He received two National Newspaper Awards for best Canadian columnist in 1997 and 2002.
Early life Freed was born and raised in Montreal and grew up on De L’Épée Avenue. Being Jewish, he attended Protestant schools because Catholic schools did not accept Jewish students at the time.
Bibliography 1980: Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult 1983: The Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec 1990: Sign Language and Other Tales of Montreal Wildlife 1996: Vive le Québec Freed! 1997: Fear of Frying...and Other Fax of Life 1999: 2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium 2000: Press 1 and Pray...and Other Letters from Voice Jail 2023: Bicycle Bob and the bike revolution (about Robert Silverman (cycling activist))
The events described in the 1980 book inspired the award-winning movie Ticket to Heaven and led to the creation of Info-Cult.
Filmography
As director 1991 : North to Nowhere (TV) 1993 : Paradise Lost (TV) 1994 : Escaping from History 1995 : Merchandising Murder 1995 : The Last Train 2000 : Selling the Water 2000 : Polar Bear Safari 2002 : Juggling Dreams (TV) 2003 : To Kill or to Cure (TV) 2004 : In Search of Sleep: an Insomniac’s Journey (TV) 2006 : China’s Sexual Revolution (TV) 2008 : My Messy Life (TV) 2010 : Where Did I Put My Memory? (TV)
As a writer 1988 : A Song for Quebec 1992 : Between the Solitudes 1997 : Magic Time 2000 : Selling the Water 2000 : Polar Bear Safari 2002 : Juggling Dreams (TV)
As an actor 1981 : Ticket to Heaven
References
External links
JoshFreed.ca