Michael McGowan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael McGowan (born April 14, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian filmmaker who wrote directed the feature films One Week and Saint Ralph. After creating the stop-motion children's TV show, Henry's World, he wrote and directed... Read full bio →
One Week
Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to British Columbia.
Saint Ralph
This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. It's the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader, Ralph (Adam Butcher), who is secretly living on his own while his widowed, hospitalized mother remains immersed in a coma.