About Ian Harnarine
Born 1901. Ian Harnarine was a screenwriter and film director.
Ian Harnarine is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2011 short film Doubles with Slight Pepper, which won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.
Born and raised in Toronto to immigrant parents from Trinidad and Tobago,
He subsequently went into development on a feature film version Doubles with Slight Pepper. Doubles premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival, before going into commercial release in 2024.
His second feature film is slated to be an adaptation of David Chariandy's novel Soucouyant.
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Canadian film director and screenwriter
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Ian Harnarine was born in 1901.
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