Blake Mawson

Canadian actor and director

Blake Mawson
Mawson in 2017
Born	Blake Mawson (1984-04-24) April 24, 1984 (age 40) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actor, filmmaker, screenwriter
Years active	2001–present
Notable work	Pyotr495

Blake Mawson (born April 24, 1984) is a Canadian actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter.^[1] After beginning his career as an actor in the 2000s, Mawson later attracted acclaim as director of the short film Pyotr495 (2016), for which he won several accolades.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mawson is a graduate of the Directors' Lab program at the Canadian Film Centre.^[4]

Career

Mawson began his career in the early 2000s as an actor and later attracted acclaim for his filmmaking work, most notably as director of the short film Pyotr495, for which he won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016 Inside Out Film and Video Festival and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series.^[2]^[3]

As an actor, he had a starring role in Gore, Quebec, as well as small parts in the films X2, Freddy vs. Jason, Poison Ivy: The Secret Society and Nurse 3D, and the television series Sk8, Cold Squad, The Evidence, Blade, and The Strain.^{[citation needed]}

His feature film debut, tentatively titled The Viridian, is in development and was selected for Inside Out's 2020 Finance Forum.^[5]

Personal life

Mawson is out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Horrors of "PYOTR495": An Interview with Blake Mawson". Film International, June 21, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Closet Monster Wins at Inside Out". Northern Stars, June 7, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Blake Mawson". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
^ "CFC names film program residents". Playback, July 7, 2017.
^ Leo Barraclough, "Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival Reveals Finance Forum Lineup". Variety, May 8, 2020.