William Fruet

Master of the Canadian horror genre, director William Fruet was born in 1933 in Alberta, Canada. Active from the 1960s up until the early 2000s, Fruet made his mark primarily in the genres of horror and thriller, with his most notable films including "Funeral Home" and "Baker County, U.S.A.", while his television direction on the series "Blue Murder" won him a Gemini Award. Fruet's authorial style is an embodiment of gritty realism, often juxtaposing the mundane with the macabre, creating an unsettling atmosphere that's become his signature.

From the heart, William Fruet is a director who never shied away from the shadows, using his lens to explore the darker corners of the human psyche with a distinctly Canadian sensibility.