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Bob Christie is a Canadian documentary film director (born in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is well known for the 2009 documentary ''Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride'' that he also co-wrote and co-produced. Christie won a great number of prizes for his work that covers the political aspects of gay pride parades and struggle for equality and fight against homophobia and discrimination, particularly in countries with great opposition to organizing of gay pride parades. ==Career== Christie studied at Simon Fraser University graduating in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film. He won three production scholarships during his studies, and his films, one drama and one documentary, were accepted to the national student competitions at the Montreal World Film Festivals in 1995 (with ''The Other Thing'') and 1997 (with ''Auntie Culture''). After graduation, Bob Christie worked in television commercial production coordinating, managing or producing over a hundred television spots. He also worked for a number of independent documentaries, short films and music videos. He also helped in co-producing many gay events such as Whistler Gay Ski Week, AIDS Walk, and Vancouver Pride and starting 2002, he directed and edited video installations, corporate, promotional and music videos. In 2006 Christie began production on ''The Royal Eight'' a one-hour documentary about his father's family. It was awarded completion funds from the National Film Board of Canada and released early 2009. With his 2009 documentary ''Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride'', he has found great success and won many prizes at various gay and general film festivals. Christie is openly gay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Christie (film director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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