
Yonah Lewis
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Biography
Yonah Lewis is a Canadian screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his partnership with fellow filmmaker Calvin Thomas. Together they have directed four feature films: Amy George (2011), The Oxbow Cure (2013), Spice It Up (2018) and White Lie (2019).
Known For

Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of. But now dependent on a bursary for sick students to maintain her ruse, Katie learns the funding is in jeopardy unless she can provide copies of her medical records within the week.
White Lie

A film student at Ryerson University struggles to complete her thesis project.
Spice It Up

Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist and believing that his mundane, middle-class life has left him unprepared, he sets out looking for wildness and women.
Amy George

Maya is an unhappy young woman, fed up with her monotonous job, filthy apartment, and the responsibilities of caring for her drug-addicted mother. One night she comes across Philip, a man of wealth, and the next morning wakes up alone in his large suburban home. With Philip nowhere in sight, Maya attempts to gain possession of the house.
The Intestine

A family tries to schedule the medically assisted death of a loved one.
Every Day's Like This
An orphaned millionaire Johnathan Baby who dedicates his life and fortune to finding the ghosts of his parents with the help of a skeptical radiation scientist.
The Temple

The Oxbow Cure is a winter tale of Lena, a middle-aged woman who has recently been diagnosed with a life-altering disease. In an attempt to come to terms with her transforming body, she leaves her home in the city for a new life in remote northern Ontario. While exploring the natural world outside her cottage, she begins to create an interior routine. A frozen lake, mere steps from her front door, is a source of both fear and fascination.
The Oxbow Cure

A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage, the Spine continues Landreth's pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.