It's no secret that Don McKellar is multi-talented. And he brings his directing, producing and acting skills to his latest comedy series, Michael: Every Day.

But McKellar didn't always know what was possible for a young Canadian with a vision — until he saw David Cronenberg's 1979 psychological horror film, The Brood. At that moment, McKellar understood that weird and wonderful films could be made in Canada. And watching Cronenberg's R-rated story about murderous children and therapy sessions gone wrong set him on a path to direct films like 1998's Genie Award winner Last Night and TV series like Sensitive Skin and Michael: Every Day — the latter of which is finishing its second season on CBC this weekend.