McGowan, Michael

MICHAEL McGOWAN is the author of Newton and the Giant, a Silver Birch Award winner. He is the writer and director of the award-winning film Saint Ralph, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2004 and went on to screen around the world. He is finishing his next film, One Week, starring Joshua Jackson. McGowan is the creator of the stop-motion children’s show Henry’s World and has also written extensively for magazines and newspapers. McGowan lives with his wife and their three children in the countryside beyond Toronto.