death_place death_date birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
vancouver , canada 13 february 1995 hobart , tasmania 05 may 1953 beret paulsen borsos phillip borsos
 phillip borsos film director
phillip borsos

phillip borsos -lrb- may 5 , 1953 - february 13 , 1995 -rrb- was a canadian film director and film producer .
borsos showed an early interest in film-making while attending high school in maple ridge , b.c. .
he studied film at the banff centre school for fine arts and at the vancouver school of art , now the emily carr institute of art and design .
his early work included several shorts notable for their cinematography and pacing .
three outstanding documentaries done in his early years are `` cooperage '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , `` spartree '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- and `` nails '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- .
all three won best theatrical short at the canadian film awards , `` the genie awards '' , and also received a nomination for an oscar in the documentary short category .
he began working on feature-length films and his first , `` the grey fox '' , earned him a `` best director '' and `` best film '' at the genies in 1983 .
it told the story of bill miner , canada 's first train robber and starred richard farnsworth .
he followed that success with `` the mean season '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- and `` one magic christmas '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- .
production problems dogged his biopic ' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- which starred donald sutherland as dr. norman bethune .
his final film ' was produced in 1994 .
during the same time he was diagnosed with leukemia .
he died february 2 , 1995 at age 41 .
