Award-winning filmmaker and playwright Michael Melski dies at 56
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Family and friends of award-winning playwright and filmmaker Michael Melski, from Sydney, N.S., have shared news of his death and messages of condolence on social media after he died Friday. He was 56.
Melski’s plays were featured on stages across Canada, including his 2001 Merritt and Dora-nominated play, ‘Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad’, which was named one of Canada’s top 10 plays of the year by the Toronto Star.
His award-winning films included ‘The Child Remains’, ‘Charlie Zone’, and the documentary ‘Perfume War’.
He served as an artist-in-residence at the Shaw Festival, Neptune Theatre and Eastern Front Theatre, where his play ‘Creepy and Little Manson’ debuted in 2016.
In addition to his other achievements in film, television and theatre, Melski received the Halifax Mayor’s Award for Achievement in Theatre in 2006.
Family members said they were surprised and saddened by his passing and that funeral arrangements will be announced soon.
Melski began his career as a playwright. His plays Heartspent and Black Silence were published in book form in 1996, as the two-play volume Blood on Steel. He ultimately became best known for his 1995 play Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad, which was widely produced across Canada.
Melski's other plays included The Fly Fisher's Companion,
and Miles from Home.
Director
Salvation
Short
Director
2019
The Child Remains (2017)
The Child Remains
4.5
Director
2017
Perfume War: Official Trailer
Director
2016
Perfume War (2016)
Perfume War
7.5
Director
2016
Miles from Nowhere
TV Short
Director
2014
Neptune 50: A Marriage
Short
Director
2012
Charlie Zone (2011)
Charlie Zone
5.2
Director
2011
Suburban Zombie Christmas
3.4
Short
Director
2008
Growing Op (2008)
Growing Op
6.1
Director (directed by)
2008
Focus Group Therapy
Short
Director
2005
John Cassini, Mark McKinney, and Gabrielle Miller in Robson
Arms (2005)
Robson Arms
6.2
TV Series
Director
2005
1 episode
Lift-Off
Short
Director
2002
Writer
The Child Remains (2017)
The Child Remains
4.5
Writer
2017
Perfume War: Official Trailer
writer
2016
Perfume War (2016)
Perfume War
7.5
Writer
2016
Miles from Nowhere
TV Short
writer
2014
Neptune 50: A Marriage
Short
Writer
2012
Alexia Fast and Connor Jessup in Blackbird (2012)
Blackbird
7.0
story editor
2012
Charlie Zone (2011)
Charlie Zone
5.2
Writer
2011
The Con Artist (2010)
The Con Artist
4.8
written by
2010
Growing Op (2008)
Growing Op
6.1
written by
2008
Faire Chaluim Mhic Leòid (2007)
Faire Chaluim Mhic Leòid
Short
story editor
2007
Snakes & Ladders
6.6
TV Mini Series
Writer
2004
Touch & Go (2003)
Touch & Go
4.8
screenplaystory
2003
Lift-Off
Short
Writer
2002
Roman Podhora in Blue Murder (2001)
Blue Murder
6.3
TV Series
storywritten by
2001
2 episodes
Mile Zero (2001)
Mile Zero
5.7
Writer
2001
The Fence
5.3
writer
1998
Home Game
6.6
Short
Writer
1997
Uncle
6.8
Short
Writer
1997
Producer
The Child Remains (2017)
The Child Remains
4.5
producer
2017
Noon Gun (2015)
Noon Gun
6.7
executive producer
2015
Miles from Nowhere
TV Short
co-producer
2014
Cory Bowles, Kyle Cameron, Thelma Farmer, Martha Irving,
Daniel Lillford, Josh MacDonald, Cam Erais, Rhys Bevan-John, Michael Ray Fox,
Chris Pauley, Richard MacQueen, Sarah D. McCarthy, Ryan Doucette, Michael
McPhee, Pasha Ebrahimi, Christina Cuffari, Andrea Lee Norwood, Annie Valentina,
and Drew Wilson in Roaming (2013)
Roaming
6.8
executive producer
2013
Charlie Zone (2011)
Charlie Zone
5.2
producer
2011
The Con Artist (2010)
The Con Artist
4.8
executive producer
2010
Suburban Zombie Christmas
3.4
Short
producer
2008
Growing Op (2008)
Growing Op
6.1
producer (produced by)
2008
Focus Group Therapy
Short
producer
2005
Script and Continuity Department
Hard Drive (2014)
Hard Drive
4.7
script consultant
2014
Additional Crew
Nimby
Short
story editor
2006
Self
40 Years of Fantasporto (2021)
40 Years of Fantasporto
Self
2021
Horror Talk with Kristin West (2018)
Horror Talk with Kristin West
5.5
TV Series
Self - Guest
2019
1 episode
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