Mark Slutsky

Mark Slutsky is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game director from Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for the 2022 film You Can Live Forever, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Sarah Watts.

Career Previously a film critic for the Montreal Mirror, he made his debut as a filmmaker as codirector with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter of the comedy mockumentary film The Recommendations in 2005. The three subsequently collaborated on the screenplay for the 2010 film Peepers, which was directed by Owen.

He subsequently wrote and directed a number of short films, and cowrote Yung Chang's documentary film The Fruit Hunters, before collaborating with Watts on You Can Live Forever, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022.

Filmography The Recommendations - 2005, codirector with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter Peepers - 2010, cowriter with Seth W. Owen and Daniel Perlmutter The Decelerators - 2012, director and writer Sorry, Rabbi - 2012, director and writer The Fruit Hunters - 2012, cowriter with Yung Chang Never Happened - 2015, director and writer Final Offer - 2018, director and writer You Can Live Forever - 2022, codirector with Sarah Watts

Awards Award Year Category Work Result Canadian Comedy Awards 2011 Best Writing in a Film Peeperswith Seth W. Owen, Daniel Perlmutter Canadian Screen Awards 2020 Best Video Game Narrative We Happy Few: Lightbearerwith Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter 2021 We Happy Few: We All Fall Downwith Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter Directors Guild of Canada 2022 DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film You Can Live Foreverwith Sarah Watts