Phillip Borsos

Borsos showed an early interest in film-making while attending high school in Maple Ridge.

Borsos established himself as a filmmaker to watch in the 1970s with three assured short documentaries: Cooperage (1976), Spartree (1977) and Nails (1979).

On location in remote areas of rural China, with Chinese bureaucrats as his co-producers, Borsos was pushed to his limit.

Based on his script, with characters named after his children, it was his most personal film, an adventure about a boy stranded in the woods with his dog.

It was released in 1995, only a month before his passing, and was nominated for Best Family Feature at that year's Young Artist Awards.

[10][11] Borsos is considered a pioneer of the British Columbian film industry, being among the early directors to utilize and highlight its abundant and visually-stunning landscapes, and helping to establish the province's reputation as Hollywood North.