A Canadian director, writer and producer, Fawcett entered the industry through commercial work before moving on to music-video direction for artists such as Cowboy Junkies, Lori Yates and Jeff Healey. He then earned early recognition with the short films Half Nelson (1991) and Scratch Ticket (1994), and broke into feature filmmaking with The Boys Club (1996), which garnered five Genie nominations…
