Michael Clowater is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from New Brunswick,Kelly Townsend, "Drive Back Home shifts into high gear in North Bay". Playback, February 22, 2023. whose debut feature film Drive Back Home premiered in 2024.Hannah Rudderham, "N.B. filmmaker showcases personal story about family secrets at Fredericton film fest". CBC News New Brunswick, November 7, 2024.
Clowater, who worked principally as a television advertising director and made a number of short films in the 2010s, wrote the film based on an old family story about his grandfather and great uncle.Heidi Ulrichsen, "Shot locally, Cinefest entry inspired by a black sheep story". Bay Today, September 18, 2024. Through his international connections, he was able to cast Charlie Creed-Miles and Alan Cumming in the film's lead roles despite being a relatively unknown novice filmmaker. He shot the film in 2023, in and around the North Bay, Ontario, area.
Drive Back Home premiered at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.Heidi Ulrichsen, "Forget hockey rivalry: Sudbury’s Cinéfest 2024 showing love for North Bay". Sudbury.com, August 22, 2024. It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival, where it won the audience award for Canadian narrative features.Nicholas Sokic, "Audiences fete Drive Back Home, Tragically Hip docuseries at CIFF". Playback, October 9, 2024.
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