Leonard Farlinger

Leonard Farlinger is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Farlinger and his wife, Jennifer Jonas, are partners in the production firm New Real Films.

Film producer

As producer, Farlinger's credits include Gerontophilia, directed by Bruce LaBruce; Trigger, directed by Bruce McDonald and named one of Toronto International Film Festival's top ten films of the year; Leslie, My Name Is Evil; Otto, or Up With Dead People; and Monkey Warfare, directed by Reginald Harkema, which won a Special Jury Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2006. Farlinger's latest film as a producer is Born to Be Blue, directed by Robert Budreau and starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum Keith Rennie.

Screenwriter and director

Farlinger's first feature film as writer/director, The Perfect Son, starring Colm Feore and David Cubitt, was nominated for two Best Actor Genies and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also directed the feature film All Hat, starring Luke Kirby and Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered at TIFF. He directed the Gemini-winning movie-of-the-week In The Dark, starring Kathleen Robertson. Farlinger wrote and directed the comedy, I'm Yours, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and starred Karine Vanasse, Rossif Sutherland, and Don McKellar.

Farlinger's next projects are the feature film Mr. Epiphany, written by Matt Watts, and a film based on Farlinger's own script, The Truth About Lying.

Personal life Farlinger married producer Jennifer Jonas. They have two children, including actress Ella Jonas Farlinger.

Filmography

Producer Odyssey in August - 1989 Kumar and Mr. Jones - 1991 Monkey Warfare - 2006 Otto; or Up with Dead People - 2008 Leslie, My Name Is Evil - 2009 Hungry Hills - 2009 Trigger - 2010 The Resurrection of Tony Gitone - 2012 Gerontophilia - 2013 Born to Be Blue - 2015 The Wall Street Boy (Kipkemboi) - 2023 Seeds - 2024

Director Collateral Damage - 1993, short The Perfect Son - 2000 In the Dark - 2003, television All Hat - 2007 I'm Yours - 2011

Writer Kicking Blood - 2021