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Alex Pugsley (born 1963) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker,[1] most noted for directing the 2014 film Dirty Singles.[2]

In 1994 Pugsley and Laura MacDonald wrote and published Kay Darling, an epistolary novel consisting of letters between the title character and her friend Will.[3]

As a filmmaker, he directed the short films The Pargonopers (1997), James O'Reilly in Parkdale (1997),[4] and Fidelio (1998).[5] He has since worked principally in television, writing for the television series My Best Friend Is an Alien, Liocracy,[6] The Eleventh Hour, The Gavin Crawford Show,[7] The Jane Show,[8] Baxter,[9] 15/Love, Life with Derek and Hudson & Rex.[10]

His solo debut novel, Aubrey McKee, was published in 2020.[11] He followed up with the short story collection Shimmer in 2022.[12]

Awards

He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for the My Best Friend Is an Alien episode "I Am Larrabe Hicks!", and a nomination alongside Sean Reycraft for Best Writing in a Drama Series at the 18th Gemini Awards in 2003 for the Eleventh Hour episode "Shelter".

Along with Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen and Cathy Gordon, he is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee for his work on The Gavin Crawford Show.

He won the Journey Prize in 2012 for his short story "Crisis on Earth-X".[13]

References

External links

• Alex Pugsley at IMDb

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