Biography
The warm and personable director behind such seminal films as "A Christmas Story" and "Porky's," Bob Clark masterfully combined warm sentiment with a sharp edge. What other sex romp had such a sense of innocence; what other holiday classic conjured up such a vivid image of the f-word without actually uttering the phrase? Clark started in low-budget horror films, and was also credited with jump-starting the slasher movie craze with his darkly …
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Career Milestones
2004 | Directed "Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2" | |
2000 | Directed Mark Harmon and Pam Dawber in "I'll Remember April"; shown on the festival circuit before being released on video in 2001 | |
1999 | Wrote and directed "Baby Geniuses", which debuted at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival; released theatrically in 1999 | |
1996 | Directed "Stolen Memories: Secrets From the Rose Garden" (Family Channel) | |
1995 | Wrote and directed "Fudge-A-Mania" and directed "Derby" for "The ABC Family Movie" | |
1994 | Tried to recapture the success of "A Christmas Story" in the unsuccessful sequel, "It Runs in the Family" | |
1993 | Helmed "Arthur Miller's 'The American Clock'" (TNT) | |
1990 | Reached a career nadir with "Loose Cannons" | |
1987 | Attempted unsuccessfully to bring the spirit of "Porky's" to the courtroom for "From the Hip" | |
1984 | Directed Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton in musical-comedy, "Rhinestone"; also wrote lyrics | |
1983 | Produced and directed "A Christmas Story", Jean Shepherd's delightful memoir of growing up in the 1940s; co-wrote screenplay with Shepherd who narrated and appeared unbilled as a department store customer | |
1983 | Scripted and helmed "Porky's II: The Next Day" | |
1981 | Established as a bankable director with the semi-autobiographical "Porky's" | |
1980 | Directed film version of Bernard Slade's play "Tribute"; Jack Lemmon earned Best Actor Oscar nomination reprising his stage role | |
1979 | Gained prominence for his superb Sherlock Holmes movie, "Murder By Decree", which garnered five Genie Awards; also produced | |
1974 | Helmed "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" under pseudonym Benjamin Clark; also produced and scripted | |
1972 | Directed the horror feature "Deathdream/Dead of Night" | |
1967 | Feature directing debut, "The She Man" | |
| Directed first short film, "The Emperor's New Clothes" starring John Carradine and Lila Lee; all prints and negative lost | ||
| Immigrated to Canada | ||
| Began career as an actor | ||