Sam Dunn (born 20 March 1974) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, musician, and anthropologist , best known for his series of documentaries on heavy metal music . He co-owns Toronto -based production company Banger Films with Scot McFadyen . Dunn holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Victoria and a master's degree from York University where his thesis work focused on Guatemalan refugees.
12-704: Dunn's first documentary film, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey , won a Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary. His additional credits include the Grammy -nominated Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage and Super Duper Alice Cooper , winner of Best Feature-Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards . Dunn co-directed and hosted the biggest-ever TV series on the history of heavy metal, Metal Evolution , which reached #1 on VH1 Classic (USA) and M3 (Canada), and most-recently co-directed
24-553: A Los Angeles premiere at the Cinerama Dome on August 13, 2019, prior to the band's 50th anniversary tour. The documentary was released to home media on February 28, 2020, and Netflix shortly after. Dunn formerly played bass for the ska / funk band Fungkus; they disbanded in 2000. Dunn also formerly played bass for Toronto-based extreme metal band Burn to Black; they disbanded in November 2008. One of Sam Dunn's first bands
36-671: A new film, titled Global Metal . In the film, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West’s most awesome musical genre – heavy metal – has impacted the world’s cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world’s emerging extreme music scenes — from Indonesian death metal to Israeli Oriental metal and Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal , etc. The film reveals
48-452: A worldwide community of metalheads who are not just absorbing metal from the West – they are transforming it, and creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism. Dunn co-wrote and co-directed the 2009 documentary Iron Maiden: Flight 666 with Scot McFadyen . The film chronicles the band's 2008 tour in which a converted Boeing 757
60-761: The Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom . First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award , the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. The awards' name
72-685: The Netflix original series Hip-Hop Evolution which has been awarded a Peabody , an International Emmy , and a Canadian Screen Award . Dunn's first film, co-directed with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise, was released in 2005. The film follows Dunn on a journey to document the origins, culture and appeal of heavy metal. It also explores themes of heavy metal, such as violence, death, religion and Satanism , gender and sexuality. The documentary featured interviews with Geddy Lee of Rush and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden , whose bands Dunn would profile in later documentaries. Released in 2008, Sam directed
84-645: The statuette. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media , dubbed the " Canadian Screen Awards ". The first annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013. Cinerama Dome Too Many Requests If you report this error to
96-581: Was Dementia, in which he played bass. He also formed the progressive thrash metal band Scrape Chamber years later with Kelly Nordstrom. Dunn now occasionally plays bass for the Toronto band Machado and His Men. Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada 's English-language television industry . The Gemini Awards are analogous to
108-477: Was an allusion to Castor and Pollux , a mythological pair of twins ; this was in reference to Canada's linguistic duality of English and French, with the Academy's separate awards presentation for French-language television production named the Gémeaux Awards . The statuette, designed by Toronto artist Scott Thornley, evoked twins through a design that essentially created two faces at the front and back of
120-456: Was flown from country to country by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson . In 2009 Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen started working on a documentary about Rush . The film premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 29, winning the festival's Audience Award. Dunn has produced the documentary series Metal Evolution for VH1 Classic on various metal genres. Its premiere
132-606: Was on November 11, 2011, considered by many to be National Metal Day. Is a concert DVD, Blu-ray and double CD by Canadian hard rock band Rush released on November 8, 2011. It was filmed on April 15, 2011 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio during the band's Time Machine Tour . En Vivo! is a live/video album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Filmed during The Final Frontier World Tour at Estadio Nacional , Santiago , Chile on April 10, 2011, it
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#1732781113972144-543: Was released on March 26, 2012 and March 27 in the United States and Canada. Released October 27, 2015, this movie examines the origins of Satan and his influence in popular culture. Dunn directed ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas , a profile of the Texas blues rock band ZZ Top , featuring interviews with vocalist/guitarist Billy Gibbons , bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill , and drummer Frank Beard . The film had
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