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