Christy Garland
Christy Garland is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, originally from London, Ontario and based professionally in Toronto.[1] She is most noted for her 2018 film What Walaa Wants.[2]
A graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University,[3] she worked for various film and television studios as a story analyst and assistant director, and made a handful of narrative short films,[4] before launching her own production company, Murmur Films, to make documentary films.
She made her feature documentary debut in 2012 with The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song,[5] and followed up in 2016 with Cheer Song.[6]
What Walaa Wants was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary, and Garland received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[7]
She is the partner of film and television composer Tom Third.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Blind Spot - 1997
- Dual Citizen - 2001
- Doormat - 2008
- The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song - 2012
- Cheer Up - 2016
- What Walaa Wants - 2018
References
[edit]- ^ Joe Belanger, "London filmmaker Christy Garland home for festival". London Free Press, October 24, 2018.
- ^ Jay Weissberg, "Berlin Film Review: ‘What Walaa Wants’". Variety, March 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Joe Belanger, "London's Christy Garland probes Finnish cheerleaders dealing with way more than nailing tough routines". London Free Press, April 27, 2016.
- ^ Roger Levesque, "An odd couple get to know each other on Moving Day; local heroes International Screen Festival Feb. 19-27". Edmonton Journal, February 24, 1999.
- ^ Linda Barnard, "Why the caged bird sings". Toronto Star, January 18, 2013.
- ^ Linda Barnard, "The saddest team of cheerleaders: Film premiering at Hot Docs goes beyond stereotypes to examine young women's lives". Toronto Star, April 30, 2016.
- ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian documentary film producers
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Canadian cinematographers
- Canadian women cinematographers
- Canadian film production company founders
- Film directors from London, Ontario
- Film directors from Toronto
- Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
- Living people