Jordan Canning

Jordan Canning is a Canadian film director and writer. She has directed over a dozen short films which have screened and at festivals all over the world including the Toronto International Film Festival,[1] the Tribeca Film Festival and Interfilm Berlin.

Early life

Canning was born in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Career

Canning worked at the St. John's International Women's Festival and wrote film reviews for local newspapers. She also worked as a Film Analyst, categorizing films for Netflix.[2]

Canning's films have won a number of awards, including two Golden Sheaf Awards,[3][4] three awards at the NSI Online Short Film Festival,[5] and top prize at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition.[6][7] In 2013, Canning directed all thirteen episodes of the IPF-supported web series Space Riders: Division Earth for CTV. The show won the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Digital Series and four Canadian Comedy Awards, including Best Director.

Canning's 2014 feature film We Were Wolves screened at the Toronto Film Festival and is distributed by Video Services Corp.[1]

In 2015, Canning was awarded the Women In the Director's Chair Feature Film Award [8] for her second feature film, Suck It Up (2017).

Canning is a 2010 graduate of the Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre and an alumnus of TIFF Talent Lab, TIFF Pitch This!, and the WIDC Story and Leadership Program.

Filmography

Year Title Role Genre Notes
2005 Pillowtalk Writer, Director Short Film
2006 Thick & Thin Writer, Director Short Film
2007 Here On In Writer, Director Short Film
2008 The House Series - Bedroom, Kitchen, Bathroom Director Short Film Trilogy
2009 Countdown Writer, Director Short Film National Screen Institute Drama Prize
2010 Best Served Director Short Film
2010 Not Over Easy Director, Co-Writer Short Animation NSI Short Film Festival Awards
2011 Oliver Bump's Birthday[9] Director Short Film Canadian Film Centre Short Dramatic Film
2012 Seconds[10] Writer, Director Short Film TIFF RBC Emerging Filmmakers Award[11]
2012 The Tunnel Director Short Film
2014 We Were Wolves Director, Co-Writer Feature Film 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
2015 Space Riders: Division Earth Director Web Series Canadian Screen Award - Best Digital Series
2017 Suck It Up Director Feature Film WIDC Feature Film Award[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jordan Canning’s We Were Wolves gets distribution". Playback Online, October 1, 2014 by Etan Vlessing
  2. ↑ "How to get paid to watch Netflix". Canada dot Com.
  3. ↑ "2012 Golden Sheaf Award Winners". Yorkton Film Festival
  4. ↑ "2010 Golden Sheaf Award Winners". Yorkton Film Festival
  5. ↑ "Jordan Canning’s Not Over Easy wins all three NSI Online Short Film Fest awards". National Screen Institute, September 13, 2012
  6. ↑ "RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition Winners 2012".
  7. ↑ "‘Salty and sweet’ pays off for Jordan Canning" The Telegram, Tara Bradbury September 06, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Jordan Canning Wins $120,000 Prize: WIDC Feature Film Award Announced". WIDC, March 2, 2015 by Carol Whiteman
  9. ↑ " Worldwide Short Film Festival 2012". Now Toronto by Norman Wilner June 7, 2012
  10. ↑ "Jordan Canning comes back for seconds". The Scope.
  11. ↑ "RBC and TIFF Announce Winners of the 2012 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition - RBC". www.rbc.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  12. ↑ "Jordan Canning Wins $120,000 Prize: WIDC Feature Film Award Announced". Retrieved 2016-08-23.

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