Shannon Walsh

Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar.[1][2] She has directed four feature documentaries H2Oil ,[3] À St-Henri, le 26 août , Jeppe on a Friday and Illusions of Control.[4][5]

Shannon Walsh
Born
London, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationPhd, McGill University; MA, Concordia University; BFA, Concordia University.
OccupationFilm director, Associate Professor
Years active2001–present

Walsh, who was born in London, Ontario, is also an academic, and teaches film production at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Theatre and Film.[6][7] She is the editor, along with Jon Soske, of Ties that Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa.[8] She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020.[9]

Filmography

Director and screenwriter
  • 2009: H2Oil (feature documentary)
  • 2011: A St-Henri le 26 Aout (feature documentary) [10]
  • 2013: Jeppe on a Friday (feature documentary) made with Arya Lalloo [11]
  • 2019: Illusions of Control (feature documentary) [12]

Awards
Festival Award Date
Calgary International Film Festival Honorable Mention, Best Canadian Documentary, Illusions of Control 2019
Indie Karoo Film Fest Best Documentary Film, Jeppe on a Friday 2014
CRiterio Ambiental Film Fest (CRAFF) Best Feature Documentary, Special Mention 2011
Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environement Grand Prize 2010
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal Honorable Mention, EcoCamera award 2009

References
  1. "WorldCat Identities". worldcat.org. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. "Shannon Walsh". IMDb. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. 'H2Oil' Official website
  4. "'Umbrella' filmmaker Shannon Walsh gets starring role at Venice festival". scmp.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. "Info - Parabola Films". www.parabolafilms.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. "Shannon Walsh - Theatre and Film". theatrefilm.ubc.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. "Shannon Walsh - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.hk. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. "Ties that Bind". witspress.co.za. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. "Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020".
  10. "St-Henri, the 26th of August". nfb.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  11. "Jeppe on a Friday". 29 June 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  12. "IMDB Illusions of Control". 10 May 2019 – via www.imdb.com.


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