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| - Mort Ransen (August 16, 1933 – September 4, 2021) was a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known for his Genie Award-winning 1995 film Margaret's Museum. Ransen was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at the High School of Montreal. He began his career as an actor and theatre director, later becoming a director and producer of documentary films for the National Film Board. He later left the NFB to work on his first dramatic feature film, Bayo. He has also directed television, including an episode of Street Legal and three films in the Shades of Love series of romance films. (en)
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| - Mort Ransen (August 16, 1933 – September 4, 2021) was a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known for his Genie Award-winning 1995 film Margaret's Museum. Ransen was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at the High School of Montreal. He began his career as an actor and theatre director, later becoming a director and producer of documentary films for the National Film Board. He later left the NFB to work on his first dramatic feature film, Bayo. He has also directed television, including an episode of Street Legal and three films in the Shades of Love series of romance films. Ransen was a nominee for Best Director, and winner of Best Screenplay with his cowriter Gerald Wexler, at the 16th Genie Awards for Margaret's Museum. Due to the effects of dementia, Ransen chose to die with medical assistance in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia on September 4, 2021. (en)
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