John Blanchard

John Blanchard is a Canadian television director and producer.
He is best known for his directorial work on the sketch comedy series "SCTV", "The Kids in the Hall", "CODCO", "MADtv" and the talk show "The Martin Short Show" for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show.
He also directed episodes of the sitcoms "Grounded for Life", "Wanda at Large", "Cavemen", and "Unhitched", as well as a number of television films one of his notable films being "The Last Polka" (1985) starring John Candy and Eugene Levy. He also directed the direct-to-video "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth".