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Deadliest Sea (2009)

Deadliest Sea poster
Directed by
T. J. Scott
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fishing boat sinks in icy waters off Alaska. The survivors struggle against freezing conditions and wait for rescue.

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What happens

T. J. Scott is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and former stuntman and actor. He is primarily known for his work directing popular television series such as Orphan Black, Xena: Warrior Princess, Gotham, Star Trek: Discovery, Longmire, 12 Monkeys, The Strain, and Spartacus. Scott has won accolades for his directing work. In 2010, he received a Gemini Award nomination for directing the Discovery Channel made-for-television film Deadliest Sea. In 2015, for his work on Orphan Black, he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series. In 2019, he was nominated for another Canadian Screen Award, this time for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series, for directing the CBC miniseries Caught. In 2022, as one of the executive producers of the Global TV/Peacock series Departure (on which he was also the sole director), Scott received a nomination for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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