Jack Winston Darcus (born February 22, 1941, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and painter.
[1] Since graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1963, Jack Darcus has divided his artistic career between painting and filmmaking.
In 1969, already an established painter, he directed his first feature film - a documentary entitled Great Coups of History.
The film earned Darcus three Genie Award nominations for his direction, screenplay and editing.
Darcus has not directed a film since 1997 but still remains a devoted painter whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and he has also written three novels.