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Mort Ransen(1933-2021)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Mort Ransen in Stories We Tell (2012)
Mort Ransen was born on 16 August 1933 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Margaret's Museum (1995), Falling Over Backwards (1990) and My Father's Angel (1999). He died on 4 September 2021 in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
BornAugust 16, 1933
DiedSeptember 4, 2021(88)
BornAugust 16, 1933
DiedSeptember 4, 2021(88)
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins & 4 nominations

Known for

Margaret's Museum (1995)
Margaret's Museum
7.2
  • Director
  • 1995
Falling Over Backwards (1990)
Falling Over Backwards
5.7
  • Director
  • 1990
My Father's Angel (1999)
My Father's Angel
7.0
  • Producer
  • 1999
Running Time (1974)
Running Time
  • Director
  • 1974

Credits

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Director

  • Bastards
    4.5
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Ah... the Money, the Money, the Money
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Touched (1999)
    Touched
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Margaret's Museum
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Falling Over Backwards (1990)
    Falling Over Backwards
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Shades of Love: The Emerald Tear
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Marshall Colt and Roberta Weiss in Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi (1988)
    Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Simon MacCorkindale and Patricia Phillips in Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet (1987)
    Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
    6.3
    Video
    • Director
    • 1987
  • C. David Johnson, Eric Peterson, and Sonja Smits in Street Legal (1987)
    Street Legal
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky
    Short
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Bayo (1985)
    Bayo
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1985
  • The Russels
    Short
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Running Time (1974)
    Running Time
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Untouched and Pure
    • Director (a film by)
    • 1970
  • Overspill
    Short
    • Director
    • 1970

Writer

  • Bastards
    4.5
    • writer
    • 2003
  • Ah... the Money, the Money, the Money
    • written by
    • 2002
  • Touched (1999)
    Touched
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1999
  • Margaret's Museum (1995)
    Margaret's Museum
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1995
  • Falling Over Backwards (1990)
    Falling Over Backwards
    5.7
    • Writer
    • 1990
  • Marshall Colt and Roberta Weiss in Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi (1988)
    Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • 1988
  • Mortimer Griffin and Shalinsky
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Bayo (1985)
    Bayo
    6.7
    • screenplay by
    • 1985
  • The Russels
    Short
    • writer
    • 1978
  • Running Time (1974)
    Running Time
    • written by
    • 1974
  • Flowers on a One-way Street (1967)
    Flowers on a One-way Street
    • additional material
    • 1967
  • The Circle
    • written by
    • 1967
  • No Reason to Stay
    8.8
    Short
    • written by
    • 1966
  • The Transition
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Jacky Visits the Zoo
    6.8
    Short
    • written by
    • 1963

Actor

  • Bastards
    4.5
    • Samuel
    • 2003
  • Ah... the Money, the Money, the Money
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 2002
  • Harriet 1-255
    Short
    • 1986
  • The Masculine Mystique
    5.5
    • Mort
    • 1984
  • The Russels
    Short
    • 1978
  • The Street (1976)
    The Street
    6.6
    Short
    • (voice)
    • 1976

Personal details

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  • Born
    • August 16, 1933
    • Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Died
    • September 4, 2021
    • Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

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