Almon was chosen to be a participant in the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op Film 5 program for young directors.^[2] He subsequently gained credits as a producer, director and writer on a number of award-winning short films, including The Wake of Calum MacLeod ^[3]^[4] and D’Unee Rive a l'Autre (director: Maxime Desmons), which have screened at international film festivals and have aired on CBC, Global, BBC, Bravo! and the Sundance Channel.

Almon was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2008, won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize in 2010,^[5] was a finalist for the TIFF Pitch This! competition, and attended the Rotterdam Lab and Trans Atlantic Partners co-production training program.

Almon's film Blackbird made its debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Best Canadian First Feature Award.^[6] Blackbird continued to screen and win awards around the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Junior 2013.

In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter named Almon a member of the Next Gen: 20 Young Canadian Stars On the Rise in Hollywood.^[7]

In 2015, Almon became the chairman of Screen Nova Scotia,^[8]^[9] an organization which represents Nova Scotia film, television and digital media. In this role he was involved in negotiations with the provincial government about changes to the film tax credit.^[10]^[11]

Marc executive produced the film Your Money or Your Wife ^[12] in 2015 and produced Weirdos in 2016.

Career

Filmography

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