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David Bezmozgis was born on 2 June, 1973 in Riga, Latvia, is a Latvian Canadian writer and filmmaker. Discover David Bezmozgis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 2 June 1973
Birthday 2 June
Birthplace Riga, Latvia
Nationality Latvia

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1973

David Bezmozgis (Dāvids Bezmozgis; born 1973) is a Latvian-born Canadian writer and filmmaker, currently the head of Humber College's School for Writers.

Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family when he was six.

He graduated with a B.A. in English literature from McGill University.

Bezmozgis received an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.

1978

His short story "Rome, 1978" was published in the April 2011 issue of The Walrus.

Set in Italy in 1978, Bezmozgis' novel chronicles the experience of Jewish refugees from the USSR.

1999

In 1999, while still a film student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Bezmozgis directed and wrote his first film, a short 25-minute documentary called L.A. Mohel, which won a major award for student filmmakers.

2001

In 2001, Bezmozgis wrote and directed a narrative short film entitled The Diamond Nose (2001), which starred Paul Lieber.

2002

His short story "Minyan" was published in the Winter 2002 issue of Prairie Fire and won the Silver Medal in the 2003 National Magazine Award for Fiction.

His short story "An Animal to the Memory" was also published in Vol. 5, No. 2 (2002) of paperplates.

2003

In 2003, Bezmozgis directed a documentary entitled Genuine Article: The First Trial (2003), about the recruitment system for hiring law student interns used by Canadian law firms.

2004

His first published book is Natasha and Other Stories (2004).

Stories from that collection first appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's and Zoetrope All-Story.

2005

His short story "Natasha", which originally appeared in Harper's, was included in the Best American Short Stories 2005 collection.

2006

"A New Gravestone for an Old Grave" was also included in the Best American Short Stories 2006 collection.

2007

Natasha and Other Stories was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2007, where it was championed by Steven Page.

Critics in North America and in Europe have suggested that in this novel Berzmozgis presented through a fictional lens what another Jewish-Soviet immigrant Maxim D. Shrayer had described in his book "Waiting for America" (2007).

It was subsequently nominated and shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction, the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and for the Governor General's Awards.

2008

In 2008 he completed his first narrative feature film, Victoria Day (2009), which he wrote and directed.

The film stars Mark Rendall as a high-school hockey star dealing with emerging adulthood pressures and the expectations of his Russian-speaking parents.

2009

The film also had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the "World Cinema - Dramatic" category.

2010

It was also nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2010 Genie Awards.

The film has also screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Moscow International Film Festival, the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Athens International Film Festival, the Seoul International Youth Film Festival, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

2011

His short story "The Train of Their Departure", which The New Yorker featured in its August 2010 issue, is actually an excerpt from his first novel The Free World, released on April 4, 2011, to wide acclaim.

His short stories "Tapka" and "The Russian Riviera" were also published in The New Yorker.

His short stories "The Second Strongest Man" and "A New Gravestone for an Old Grave" have been published in Zoetrope All-Story.

Bezmozgis' first novel The Free World (2011) was published in 2011.

2014

Bezmozgis' second novel, The Betrayers (2014) is about a famous Russian Jewish dissident who, after the fall of the Soviet Union, meets the man who denounced him.

He also worked on the novel during a New York Public Library Cullman Center fellowship that he received.

The novel was published in 2014 by Little, Brown and Company.

As of 2014, Bezmozgis is married with three children.

2015

In 2015, Bezmozgis wrote and directed his second narrative feature film, Natasha (2015), based on his award-winning short story of the same name.

The film stars Alex Ozerov and Sasha K. Gordon.

2016

Natasha was released theatrically in Canada by Mongrel Films in 2016.

2017

In 2017 the film received Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Actress (Gordon) and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.

Bezmozgis and Erik Rutherford cowrote the screenplay for the 2021 film Charlotte, for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, and a Writers Guild of Canada nomination for Best Feature at the 26th WGC Screenwriting Awards.

Bezmozgis was a writer-producer on the fifth and final season of Orphan Black, writing an episode in 2017 titled, Manacled Slim Wrists.

2019

His short story collection, Immigrant City, was published in 2019.