Mark Slutsky

Mark Slutsky is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, and video game director from Montreal, Quebec.^[1] He is best known for the 2022 film You Can Live Forever, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Sarah Watts.^[2]

Mark Slutsky
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2000s–present

Career

Previously a film critic for the Montreal Mirror,^[3] 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.^[4] The three subsequently collaborated on the screenplay for the 2010 film Peepers, which was directed by Owen.^[5]

He subsequently wrote and directed a number of short films,^[6] and cowrote Yung Chang's documentary film The Fruit Hunters,^[7] before collaborating with Watts on You Can Live Forever, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022.^[8]

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	Ref.
Canadian Comedy Awards	2011	Best Writing in a Film	Peepers with Seth W. Owen, Daniel Perlmutter	Nominated	[9]
Canadian Screen Awards	2020	Best Video Game Narrative	We Happy Few: Lightbearer with Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter	Nominated	[10]
	2021		We Happy Few: We All Fall Down with Alex Epstein, Lisa Hunter	Won	[11]
Directors Guild of Canada	2022	DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film	You Can Live Forever with Sarah Watts	Nominated	[12]