Curtis Wehrfritz is a Canadian film and music video director and artist.Dan Brown, "Canadian noir delivers". National Post, November 12, 1999. He is most noted as the winner of the Juno Award for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1993, for his video for Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time".Chris Dafoe, "Women have come a long way at Junos: Celine Dion, who hosted last night's ceremony, and k.d. lang were the big winners in a show where female performers dominated most of the major categories and Anne Murray was given Hall of Fames honours". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1993.
Other artists for whom he has directed videos have included Chalk Circle, The Grapes of Wrath, Tom Cochrane, 54-40, Holly Cole Trio, Blue Rodeo, The Tea Party, The Philosopher Kings, Odds, Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, Mae Moore, Cassandra Vasik and Crowded House.
In 1999 he directed the theatrical feature film Four Days. He subsequently left filmmaking, and pursued work in visual arts, working primarily in daguerreotype and wet plate photography."Toronto’s must-see art shows: Galleries". Now, May 6, 2015.
Awards Award Year Category Work Result Ref(s)Genie Awards1993Best Art Direction/Production DesignTectonic Plates"The nominees are...". Edmonton Journal, October 20, 1993.2000Claude Jutra AwardFour DaysJohn Griffin and Jay Stone, "Bright day for Sunshine: European epic leads Genies, Egoyan's Felicia's Journey is close behind". Montreal Gazette, December 8, 1999. Juno Awards 1993 Video of the YearLeonard Cohen, "Closing Time"Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets""Juno Award nominations". Calgary Herald, February 10, 1993. 54-40, "She La"1994Leonard Cohen, "The Future""Complete list of nominations of Juno Awards". Toronto Star, February 9, 1994. Holly Cole Trio, "I Can See Clearly Now"1995Blue Rodeo, "Bad Timing"Jane Stevenson, "Arden, Hip, Symphony lead Juno nods". Halifax Daily News, February 9, 1995.1996The Tea Party, "Sister Awake""Biscuit and Monkeys shoot for Junos". Hamilton Spectator, February 1, 1996.1997Odds, "Someone Who's Cool""Dion and Tragically Hip top Juno list". Canadian Press, January 29, 1997. MuchMusic Video Awards1990VideoFACT AwardChalk Circle, "Together"Chris Dafoe, "Fresh Wes video tops awards". Toronto Star, June 26, 1990.1991Best DirectorThe Grapes of Wrath, "I Am Here"Larry LeBlanc, "Much Ado About MuchMusic's Canadian Awards". Billboard, October 12, 1991.1992Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets""54-40 takes top video award". Hamilton Spectator, September 28, 1992.54-40, "She La"Nick Krewen, "Video awards air Saturday". Hamilton Spectator, September 24, 1992.1994Blue Rodeo, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet""Video director big winner: Top technical nod goes to Blue Rodeo video". Halifax Daily News, September 30, 1994.1995The Philosopher Kings, "Charms"1996The Tea Party, "Sister Awake"Elizabeth Renzetti, "MacIsaac garners 3 awards; Ironic video wins international category". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1996.
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