Kevan Funk

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Kevan Funk is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His debut feature film, Hello Destroyer, was released in 2016.[1]

## Early life

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Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, he is a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[2]

His younger brother, Tyler Funk, is also a filmmaker.[3]

## Career

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Funk directed several short films, including the Canada's Top Ten-listed Yellowhead (2013) and Bison (2014), before directing his first feature film, Hello Destroyer, which premiered in 2016.[1] The film later garnered four Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including nods for Funk in the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay categories,[4] and he won the award for Best Director of a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016.[5] At the Leo Awards in 2017, Funk won both Best Director and Best Screenplay for the film.[6]

In 2017, Hello Destroyer was nominated for the $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award by the Toronto Film Critics Association.[7]

Funk has also directed music videos for Brasstronaut, Wake Owl, The Zolas, Braids, Preoccupations and A Tribe Called Red. In 2017, he won a MuchMusic Video Award as Best Director for A Tribe Called Red's "Stadium Pow Wow",[8] and in 2019 he won the Prism Prize for The Belle Game's "Low".[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Local filmmaker Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for Canadian films". The Georgia Straight, January 10, 2017.
2. ^ "B.C.'s Kevan Funk and a mob of inspired young filmmakers are destroying at VIFF". The Georgia Straight, September 28, 2016.
3. ^ Eric Volmers, "Looped: Banff filmmaker Tyler Funk brings cult character White Ninja to six-second life on Vine". Calgary Herald, January 17, 2016.
4. ^ "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.
5. ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle takes a shine to Hello Destroyer, Manchester by the Sea". Vancouver Courier, January 17, 2017.
6. ^ "Congratulations, Destroyer: Leo Awards share love, laughs, and hometown pride". The Georgia Straight, June 5, 2017.
7. ^ "The TFCA names The Florida Project the Best Film of 2017 - Toronto Film Critics Association". Toronto Film Critics Association. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
8. ^ "Stars power Canada's Much Music Video Awards". Toronto Star, June 18, 2017.
9. ^ "The Belle Game's 'Low' wins Prism Prize for top Canadian music video". CBC Music, May 14, 2019.

## External links

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* Kevan Funk at IMDb