Background
Gary Macuse was born on November 7, 1949 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Frederick and Dorothy (Powis) Marcuse.
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Cold War Canada: The Making of a National Insecurity State, 1945-1957
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802079504/?tag=2022091-20
Gary Macuse
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Education
Gary received from Cornell University his B.F.A. in 1973 and his M.A. in 1975.
Career
Marcuse is a director, producer, and story editor of documentaries and educational programs for television and radio. Since 1975 he worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corp. as a writer and broadcaster. He was producer of "Sounds of Science" in 1986 and guest host of "Arts National" in 1990 and 1991. Marcuse was community program director for a station in Burnaby, British Columbia in 1977-1978. He was also sound recordist for documentary film and television productions since 1987. He was an associate producer of “Blockade,” an episode of the series "Witness", CBC and an executive producer and co-director of the series "First Nations: The Circle Unbroken" between 1991 and 1993. Besides, he was producer and director of the television documentary "The Mind of a Child" in 1995 and producer of "Scanning Television", a media education kit, in 1996. His other work includes the children’s series" Songs and Stories of Canada" (1979) and "Alive in the Nuclear Age Project" in 1988-1990.
Achievements
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Gary received Bronze Apple Award at the Oakland Film and Video Festival for the television series Alive in the Nuclear Age Project. He also was nominated for Canadian Academy Award for best writer of a radio documentary by the Academy of Canadian Television and Radio Artists in 1985, for The Cold War in Canada, and in 1989, for "R. D. Laing". He received Chris Award from Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Silver Award from Charleston International Film and Video Festival, Silver Apple from National Educational Media Network, Golden Sheaf Award from Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Leo Award from British Columbia Motion Picture Association, and award from American Indian Film Festival, all in 1995, for "The Mind of a Child". Marcuse is the recipient of the Gold Medal from New York Festivals and Bronze Plaque from Columbus International Film and Video Festival, both in 1996, for "Scanning Television".
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Gary married Betsy Margolick Carson in 1980.
