FILMS
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GROS MORNE
2011 Primitive Entertainment. Melissa Auf der Maur, Sam Shalabi, Catl. Art/music experiment for National Parks Project omnibus film. The National Parks Project (NPP) is a ground-breaking collaborative film, music and television new media project that features contributions by more than 50 of Canada’s most acclaimed filmmakers and musicians, celebrating the inspirational beauty of Canada’s national parks.
FORCE OF NATURE
2010 E-1 Entertainment/NFB, CBC Biographical film about iconic Canadian scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki, built around his ‘last lecture’.
“possibly the most convincing and fascinating argument yet heard on every person’s right to a clean Earth … easily on par with the greatest orations of the last 50 years. “
– Guy Dixon, The Globe and Mail
AIR INDIA 182
2008 52 Media/Eurasia Motion Pictures, CBC A non-fiction thriller about of the Vancouver-based conspiracy to bomb Air India flight 182 and the intelligence operation that failed to thwart it.
“… brilliantly crafted … will haunt viewers and shake them from complacency as it recreates the most deadly act of air terrorism in history before 9/11. … a classic of its genre and an important page of Canadian history.” – Bruce Kirkland. Toronto Sun
BEOWULF & GRENDEL
2006 Equinoxe Releasing/Union Station Media Loosely adapted from the Anglo Saxon epic poem, ‘Beowulf’. Starring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skaarsgard and Sarah Polley.
“…good, bloody fun that stirs the intellect whenever it feels like it. And as a swashbuckler, the dead-game Butler out swings just about anyone in Troy or Kingdom of Heaven or Tristan & Isolde. Those overblown historical epics played just as loosely with history as this one does, but they don’t boast a third of its bawdy, sly humour.” -- Bill Gallo, Village Voice
RARE BIRDS
2001 Lions Gate Releasing. A whimsical comedy based on Ed Riche’s best-selling Newfoundland-set novel. Starring William Hurt, Molly Parker and Andy Jones.
“Sturla Gunnarsson’s Rare Birds is a sweetheart of a film, whimsical and touching.” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
1998 Red Sky Entertainment/The Shooting Gallery. Adapted from on the Booker Prize nominated novel by Rohinton Mistry.
“It’s not very often that a film crosses that line between being very good, and being a truly great work of cinema. Such A Long Journey not only crosses that line, but it makes it look easy.” -John Binns, British Film Review
GERRIE & LOUISE
1997 CBC/CNN. A darkly fascinating film that explores unlikely marriage between Colonel Gerrie Hugo, a one-time apartheid hit-squad commander and Louise Flanagan, the investigative reporter who exposed him.
“The gripping account of a journey through delusion to enlightenment.” – Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
1990 Astral Releasing/Alliance International A Canadian diplomat in El Salvador finds herself caught in the crossfire as the well- intentioned aid project she’s been sent to oversee becomes a flashpoint in that country’s civil war.
FINAL OFFER
1984 National Film Board of Canada/CBC The classic cinema verite account of the bare-knuckle backroom brawl between the Canadian and American leaders of the United Autoworkers Union during the historic strike that led to the breakup of the international union.
“Strap on your seatbelts. This backstage look at the GM contract talks has more intrigue, backstabbing and double- crossing than Dallas or Dynasty. Don’t miss it.” — The Toronto Sun
AFTER THE AXE
1982 National Film Board of Canada/ CBC About an outplacement consultant and the executives he’s contracted to ‘terminate’.
“…fascinates like a snake.” -Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail
TELEVISION
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THE FIRM (2011) NBC/Universal
ROOKIE BLUE (2010) ABC/Global
DEFYING GRAVITY (2009) ABC/BBC/CTV
DEGRASSI (2007-2010) Epitome Pictures. CTV/The N
ST. BRIGIT’S MEDICAL (Pilot, 2008) Epitome Pictures. YTV/The N
THE BEST YEARS (2007-2008) Entertainment 1, Global/The N
INTELLIGENCE (2006) Haddock Entertainment, CBC
DAVINCI CITY HALL (2005) Haddock Entertainment, CBC
DAVINCI’S INQUEST (2004) Haddock Entertainment, CBC
SNAKES AND LADDERS Big Pictures, CBC
DEAD MAN’S GUN Showtime
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS USA Network
TWILIGHT ZONE CBS
RAY BRADBURY THEATER Showtime
LONG FORM TELEVISION
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ABOVE AND BEYOND (2006) Pope Productions/Power Pictures. CBC. Richard E. Grant, Jason Priestly.
100 DAYS IN THE JUNGLE (2002) ImagiNation Film/Sextant Entertainment/CTV. Nick Campbell, Peter Outerbridge, Michael Riley
THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS (2002) Alliance/Atlantis. CBS. Jason Alexander, Kelly Rowan, Ed Asner.
SCORN (2001) Barna-Alper Productions. CBC. Eric Johnson, Kelly Rowan.
RICKY NELSON:ORIGINAL TEEN IDOL (1999) Jaffe / Braunstein Films. VH-1. James Sheridan, Gregory Kalpakis Sara Botsford.
JOE TORRE: CURVEBALLS ALONG THE WAY (1997) Dufferin Gate. Showtime. Paul Sorvino, Robert Loggia.
WE THE JURY (1996) Alliance/Atlantis. USA Network. Kelly McGillis, Lauren Hutton, Christopher Plummer.
MOTHER TRUCKER (1996) Barna-Alper Prod. CBC/TNT. Barbara Williams and Nicholas Campbell.
THE DIARY OF EVELYN LAU (1993) CBC. Sandra Oh, Nicholas Campbell.
AWARDS
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FORCE OF NATURE
Toronto International Film Festival: People’s Choice Documentary Award
Vancouver International Film Festival: Audience Choice Environmental Award
Directors Guild of Canada ‘Alan King Award’ for outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking
Sudbury Film Festival:‘Kinosmith Documentary Award’
AIR INDIA 182
Hot Docs – Opening Film
Directors Guild of Canada ‘Alan King Award’ for outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking
Gemini Awards outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking nominee
ABOVE AND BEYOND
Directors Guild Award – Outstanding Achievement In Direction
DAVINCI’S INQUEST
Gemini Award – Outstanding Achievement in Direction
100 DAYS IN THE JUNGLE
Gemini Awards
- Best Television Movie
- Best Direction nomination
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role nomination
- Best Cinematography nomination
- Best Musical Score nomination
- Best Overall Sound nomination
Director’s Guild Awards
- Outstanding achievement in direction nomination
- Outstanding achievement in a television movie nomination
RARE BIRDS
Directors Guild of Canada Awards
- Outstanding Achievement in Direction
- Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing
- Outstanding Achievement in Production Design
- Outstanding Achievement in a Feature Film
Genie Award Nominations
- Best Motion Picture
- Best Achievement in Direction
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
- Best Sound Editing
Taos Talking Picture Festival: Taos Land Grant Award nomination
Atlantic Film Festival
– Opening Gala
= Audience Choice Award
Canadian Comedy Awards
-Best Female Performance Award
-Best Direction nominee Best Male Performance nominee
-Best Writing nominee
SCORN
Gemini Awards
- Best Television Movie
- Best Achievement in Direction nomination
- Best screenplay nomination
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role nomination
Writers Guild of Canada Awards – Best Television Movie
Biarritz Television Festival – FIPA D’Or
Victoria Film Festival – Famous Players Award for Best Canadian Feature
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
Toronto International Film Festival – Special Presentation
Vancouver Film Festival – Opening Gala, Audience Choice Award
Genie Awards
-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Award
-Best Achievement in Editing Award
-Best Sound Editing Award
-Best Motion Picture nomination
-Outstanding Achievement in Direction nomination
-Outstanding Performance by an actor in a supporting role nomination
-Best Screenplay nomination
-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography nomination
-Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design nomination
-Best Music Score nomination
-Best Overall Sound nomination
GERRIE & LOUISE
International Emmy Award – Best Feature Documentary
Gemini Awards
- Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program
- Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
- Best Directing in a Documentary nomination
Chalmers Arts Awards – $25000 M. Joan Chalmers Documentarian Award
MOTHER TRUCKER
Cable Ace Award – Best Television Movie
Gemini Awards – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program
THE DIARY OF EVELYN LAU
FIPA- Cannes Television Festival – FIPA d’Or – Best Actress, Sandra Oh
New York Festival – Gold Medal Best Actress, Sandra Oh
Prix Italia – Finalist
Gemini Awards – best actress nominee
Banff International Television Festival – Finalist
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
Rencontres Cinematographiques De La Ville De Cannes
– Grand Prix Ville de Cannes
-Prix CICAE
Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema – Premio Coral
San Remo Festival D’Auteur – Best Actress
Worldfest Huston – Gold Award
Montreal International Film Festival – Official Competition
Toronto International Film Festival
Genie Awards
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role nomination
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role nomination
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role nomination
- Best Music Score nomination
FINAL OFFER
Genie Award – Best Feature Documentary
Banff Television Festival
- Grand Prize
-Rockie Award for Best Social or Political Documentary
Prix Italia – best documentary
International Documentary Association Top Ten Films of the Decade
San Francisco International Film Festival – Golden Gate Award
Chicago International Film Festival – Gold Plaque
Columbus International Film Festival – Chris Award
Leipzig International Documentary Festival – Official Competition
AFTER THE AXE
Academy Awards – Oscar Nomination – Best Feature Documentary
American Film Festival – Blue Ribbon Award
Yorkton Film Festival – Golden Sheaf Award