Tyler Funk (born February 14, 1988) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is most noted for his 2023 documentary film Anything for Fame, for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best British Columbia Director at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2023.
The younger brother of filmmaker Kevan Funk, he was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up principally in Banff, Alberta. He subsequently moved back to Vancouver to study filmmaking at Langara College and the University of British Columbia. He directed a number of short films and television episodes in the 2010s, first becoming well known for his White Ninja series of short animated films on Vine.
Anything for Fame, a film about the extremes that people will go to achieve viral fame on the internet, was released by the National Film Board of Canada in 2023.
He is a partner with Sebastian Mercado in the Vancouver-based independent film studio North of Now.
References
- ^ Eric Volmers, "Looped: Banff filmmaker Tyler Funk brings cult character White Ninja to six-second life on Vine". Calgary Herald, January 17, 2016.
- ^ Matthew Thompson, "Banff-raised filmmakers dive into minds of influencers". Rocky Mountain Outlook, November 3, 2023.
- Taimur Sikander Mirza, "BlackBerry, Seagrass lead VFCC’s Canadian nominees". Playback, January 23, 2024.
- Demian Vernieri, "'A Day in the Life' with Vancouver-based Filmmaker Tyler Funk". Vancouver Guardian, November 8, 2023.
- Dana Gee, "Famous toilet seat licker Ava Louise one of the stars in B.C. director's doc on Internet fame". Vancouver Sun, November 9, 2023.
External links
- Tyler Funk at IMDb
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