Mars Roberge
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Mars Roberge is a Canadian-American dual-citizen filmmaker, born in Scarborough (borough of Toronto) in 1972.
Life and career
In 2011 Roberge moved to Los Angeles and directed two more feature films under his film banner, World Domination Pictures: the punk comedy Scumbag,[1] which had a world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017.[2] “Scumbag,” won the Best Ensemble Narrative Feature at Queens World Film Festival and was nominated for Best Director Narrative Feature.[3] Film Threat calls it "The Office unhinged, mixed with Mulholland Drive, mixed with Spinal Tap, plus some inexplicable surveillance footage".[4]
His film Mister Sister was premiered as the official closing night film for Dances With Films in 2021. Mister Sister won Best NYC Film in 2021 at the Winter Film Awards International Film Festival where it was also the closing night film.[5]
Filmography
- Scumbag (2017)
- The Little House That Could (2013)
- Mister Sister (2021)
- Stars (2023)
References
- ↑ Wild, Stephi. "Sex, Drugs, And Telemarketing– A Look At Mars Roberge's SCUMBAG". https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Sex-Drugs-And-Telemarketing-A-Look-At-Mars-Roberges-SCUMBAG-20180208.
- ↑ Jason, Dj. "Die J! Mars is bringing his latest film,Scumbag to Queens for the North American premiere". http://absolution.nyc/2017/02/09/die-j-mars-is-bringing-his-latest-film-%C2%93scumbag%C2%94-to-queens-for-the-north-american-premiere.
- ↑ Hickey Jr., Patrick. "Review Fix Exclusive: Inside Mars Roberge's 'Scumbag'". https://reviewfix.com/2017/04/review-fix-exclusive-inside-mars-roberges-scumbag/.
- ↑ Theo Schear, Theo. "scumbag". https://filmthreat.com/reviews/scumbag/.
- ↑ Winterfilmawards (4 October 2021). "WFA 2021 Nominees & Winners". Winterfilmawards.. https://winterfilmawards.com/2021/10/wfa-2021-nominees-winners/.
External links
- Mars Roberge at IMDb1700px
- Guy Shankland , Movie Review: Scumbag, originalrock, May 22, 2018 by
- Michael Talbot-Haynes, Stars, filmthreat, July 27, 2023
- Unseen Films, Mister Sister (2021) Winter Film Awards 2021 September 29, 2021
- Matt Grobar, L.A.’s Dances With Films Unveils Lineup, Sets Paul Greengrass & Michael London As Speakers For Inaugural First Films Series, Deadline August 24, 2021
- Steven Herrera, Indoor Theatres and Outdoor Screenings Offer a Wide Range of Summer Movie, hollywoodpartnership, August 18, 2021
- dangerousminds, ‘scumbag’: a movie for anyone who has ever hated their job & would do anything not to be there 31 January 2017
- Janet E Hammer, Keeping Up with, Making the movie "Scumbag", punkglobe.
- zeitgeistworld, MustSee: Cult Film “SCUMBAG” (dir. Mars Roberge) US Premiere on Digital Platforms! 23 April 2018.
