Tyler Funk (born February 14, 1988) is a Canadian filmmaker.[1] He is most noted for his 2023 documentary film Anything for Fame,[2] for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best British Columbia Director at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2023.[3]
The younger brother of filmmaker Kevan Funk,[1] he was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up principally in Banff, Alberta.[1] He subsequently moved back to Vancouver to study filmmaking at Langara College and the University of British Columbia.[4] He directed a number of short films and television episodes in the 2010s, first becoming well known for his White Ninja series of short animated films on Vine.[1]
Anything for Fame, a film about the extremes that people will go to achieve viral fame on the internet, was released by the National Film Board of Canada in 2023.[5]
He is a partner with Sebastian Mercado in the Vancouver-based independent film studio North of Now.[2]