Philip Jackson

Born in Canada, Phil Jackson began to have an interest in film and TV at 17, when good first film was shot using high school friends, and a borrowed 16 mm camera. The film (which was sold to CBC) is a 7-minute slapstick film about a golf game Phil earned an honors BA at York University, while producing documentaries on the side. At university, he had to choose between film and his love of science. Though he chose film, he's always retained a hand in science documentaries. After graduating, Phil began writing, for CBC TV's well-loved national children's show, Mr. Dressup. Phil recalls 40 years later was his "best time in the business. Phil began shooting short films, which he sold to broadcasters such as TVO, PBS, CBC, YLE and others. Some received substantial critical praise; in 1977 his satirical Statistics premiered at the 2nd Toronto Festival of Festivals. He wrote and directed low-budget art features and documentaries through the 1980s. His first - The Music of the Spheres, was praised in the LA Times and Variety. praised in Variety. Phil was named Most Promising New Director at the Atlantic Film Festival (1982). I'm the years since, Phil's once of sci-fi has continued unabated to this day, with his sci-fi series, SolSys slated for spring, 2020 and FATman at Lightspeed will follow.