Guy Maddin

Characters played by Guy Maddin

Narrator — My Winnipeg (2008)

The unseen voice guiding the film, provided by Guy Maddin. Provides context, historical anecdotes, and personal reflections on Winnipeg while the on-screen character is portrayed by Darcy Fehr.

Career Overview

Guy Maddin has 163 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Rumours, Keyhole, The Rabbit Hunters. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 163
Birth Date: 1956-02-28
Birth Place: Winnipeg, Canada

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Roy Dupuis (3 collaborations)
Udo Kier (3 collaborations)
Isabella Rossellini (2 collaborations)
Louis Negin (2 collaborations)
Darcy Fehr (2 collaborations)
Mathieu Amalric (2 collaborations)
Céline Bonnier (2 collaborations)
Amira Casar (2 collaborations)
Adèle Haenel (2 collaborations)
Ariane Labed (2 collaborations)

Credits

directing (67 credits)
- Nightingale
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Rumours
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- The Rabbit Hunters
  director
  
  directing
  
  2020
- Stump the Guesser
  director
  
  directing
  
  2020
- Accidence
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- The Green Fog
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Seances
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- The Forbidden Room
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Once a Chicken
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Lines of the Hand
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- The Hall Runner
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Puberty
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Colours
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Elms
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Cold
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Invisible World
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Only Dream Things
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Keyhole
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Sinclair
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- How to Take a Bath
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- The Little White Cloud That Cried
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Night Mayor
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Experiments in Terror 3
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Glorious
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Spanky: To the Pier and Back
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Footsteps
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- It's My Mother's Birthday Today
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- My Winnipeg
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Berlin
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Brand Upon the Brain!
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Odin's Shield Maiden
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Lullaby
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- My Dad Is 100 Years Old
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Nude Caboose
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Workbook
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Audition One
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Audition Two
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Chimney Workbook
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- FuseBoy
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Sorrowful Shadow
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- A Trip to the Orphanage
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- The Saddest Music in the World
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Cowards Bend the Knee
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Fancy, Fancy Being Rich
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- It's a Wonderful Life
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- Preludes
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- The Heart of the World
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- Hospital Fragment
  director
  
  directing
  
  1999
- The Cock Crew
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Maldoror: Tygers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Rooster Workbook
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Zookeeper Workbook
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- The Hands of Ida
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Careful
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Indigo High-Hatters
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Archangel
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- Tales from the Gimli Hospital
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- The Dead Father
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
writing (32 credits)
- Nightingale
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Rumours
  story
  
  writing
  
  2024
- The Rabbit Hunters
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2020
- Stump the Guesser
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2020
- Accidence
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Seances
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016
- The Forbidden Room
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015
- Keyhole
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2011
- Night Mayor
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Glorious
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2008
- My Winnipeg
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2008
- Brand Upon the Brain!
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Odin's Shield Maiden
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Nude Caboose
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Workbook
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Sorrowful Shadow
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2004
- Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2004
- A Trip to the Orphanage
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2004
- The Saddest Music in the World
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2003
- Cowards Bend the Knee
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2003
- The Heart of the World
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2000
- Hospital Fragment
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1999
- The Cock Crew
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1998
- Rooster Workbook
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1997
- Zookeeper Workbook
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1997
- Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1995
- Careful
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1992
- Indigo High-Hatters
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Archangel
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1990
- Tales from the Gimli Hospital
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1988
- The Dead Father
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
actors (20 credits)
- The Triangular Door
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Horse Brothers
  Anton the Horse (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Cliff: A Portrait of an Artist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- J.T. LeRoy
  Reader
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Trump Dreams
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- The Amazed Spectator
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Louis Riel for Dinner
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- It Came from Kuchar
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- 97 Percent True
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- My Winnipeg
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Death of the Reel
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Manuelle Labor
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Vinyl
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Nostradamus
  Waiter Joe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
  Self - filmmaker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- The International Style
  Nurse
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
  Student
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
production (7 credits)
- City Wide Fever
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Forbidden Room
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- Keyhole
  producer
  
  production
  
  2011
- My Winnipeg: Live in Toronto
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- My Winnipeg
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Hospital Fragment
  producer
  
  production
  
  1999
- Rooster Workbook
  producer
  
  production
  
  1997
art (3 credits)
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
  graphic designer
  
  art
  
  2021
- Careful
  production design
  
  art
  
  1992
- Archangel
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1990
sound (2 credits)
- The Forbidden Room
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2015
- Archangel
  sound
  
  sound
  
  1990
camera (14 credits)
- Night Mayor
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2009
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2009
- Spanky: To the Pier and Back
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2008
- Odin's Shield Maiden
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2007
- Nude Caboose
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
- Audition Two
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2005
- FuseBoy
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2005
- Sorrowful Shadow
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2004
- A Trip to the Orphanage
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- Cowards Bend the Knee
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2003
- The Heart of the World
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2000
- Hospital Fragment
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1999
- Careful
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1992
editing (11 credits)
- Spanky: To the Pier and Back
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2008
- Sorrowful Shadow
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2004
- Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2004
- A Trip to the Orphanage
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2004
- The Heart of the World
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2000
- Hospital Fragment
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1999
- The Cock Crew
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1998
- Careful
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1992
- Indigo High-Hatters
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1991
- Archangel
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1990
- Tales from the Gimli Hospital
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1988
crew (7 credits)
- Footsteps
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2008
- Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2004
- Rooster Workbook
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Zookeeper Workbook
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Indigo High-Hatters
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1991
- Archangel
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1990
- Tales from the Gimli Hospital
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1988