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Kelly Makin

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Kelly Makin is an Award Winning Film and Television Director best known for his work with THE KIDS IN THE HALL, helming all three incarnations of their TV series as well as their critically acclaimed feature film BRAIN CANDY. He is also known for the international megahits VIKINGS and FLASHPOINT, the Hugh Grant feature MICKEY BLUE EYES and the groundbreaking LGBTQ+ drama QUEER AS FOLK.

Kelly Makin has the distinction of being the only director to have ever won a Gemini (Canadian Screen Award) in both Drama and Comedy in the same year for FLASHPOINT and LESS THAN KIND.

Makin's Film Festival Hit THE LEGENDARY JERRY GREBEN: PROFESSIONAL STAND IN won him a New Port Beach Festival Award for best short film.
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      • 5 wins & 17 nominations total

    Known for

    Maury Chaykin, Wendel Meldrum, Nancy Sorel, Jesse Camacho, and Benjamin Arthur in Less Than Kind (2008)
    Less Than Kind
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Amy Jo Johnson, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Cram, Sergio Di Zio, Hugh Dillon, and David Paetkau in Flashpoint (2008)
    Flashpoint
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sharon Gless, Hal Sparks, Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, and Peter Paige in Queer as Folk (2000)
    Queer as Folk
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Travis Fimmel in Vikings (2013)
    Vikings
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director

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    • Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in The Kids in the Hall (2022)
      The Kids in the Hall
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Donald MacLean Jr., Tiera Skovbye, Natasha Calis, Jordan Johnson-Hinds, and Sandy Sidhu in Nurses (2020)
      Nurses
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Kristin Kreuk in Seule contre tous (2018)
      Seule contre tous
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Vinessa Antoine in Diggstown (2019)
      Diggstown
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Jerry O'Connell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, and Kristian Bruun in Carter (2018)
      Carter
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Wendy Crewson, Angela Griffin, and Shenae Grimes-Beech in The Detail (2018)
      The Detail
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Caroline Dhavernas in Mary Kills People (2017)
      Mary Kills People
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson in Private Eyes (2016)
      Private Eyes
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Daniel Gillies, Michael Shanks, and Erica Durance in Saving Hope : Au-delà de la médecine (2012)
      Saving Hope : Au-delà de la médecine
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2017
    • Sean Teale in Incorporated (2016)
      Incorporated
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • The Legendary Jerry Greben: Professional Stand In (2016)
      The Legendary Jerry Greben: Professional Stand In
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
      Code Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • William Belleau in Frontier (2016)
      Frontier
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Eyewitness (2016)
      Eyewitness
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Cary Elwes, Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, and Christian Cooke in The Art of More (2015)
      The Art of More
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016

    Producer



    • Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in The Kids in the Hall (2022)
      The Kids in the Hall
      8.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Vinessa Antoine in Diggstown (2019)
      Diggstown
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019–2020
    • Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson in Private Eyes (2016)
      Private Eyes
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016–2018
    • Enrico Colantoni, Sarah Allen, Dillon Casey, and Sara Canning in Remedy (2014)
      Remedy
      7.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2014

    Additional Crew



    • Amy Jo Johnson, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Cram, Sergio Di Zio, Hugh Dillon, and David Paetkau in Flashpoint (2008)
      Flashpoint
      7.8
      TV Series
      • series consultant
      • 2012
    • Terry Fox: Le coureur de l'espoir (1983)
      Terry Fox: Le coureur de l'espoir
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 1983

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