birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
winnipeg , manitoba , canada 17 june 1980 thumb adam smoluk
 adam smoluk screenwriter , film director and actor
adam smoluk

adam smoluk -lrb- born june 17 , 1980 -rrb- is a canadian screenwriter , director and actor .
his work often explores themes of alienation and isolation .
he has cited jim thompson , james m. cain and eugene o'neill as influences .
smoluk won the future leaders of manitoba award for the arts and was awarded an investors group scholarship for leadership studies at the banff centre .
