Shannon Walsh

Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar.[1][2] She has directed the feature documentaries The Gig Is Up,[3][4] H2Oil ,[5]À St-Henri, le 26 août,[6] Jeppe on a Friday [7] and Illusions of Control.[8][9][10] She has also directed music videos for the Montreal based artist Little Scream.[11][12]

Shannon Walsh
Born
London, Ontario, Canada
EducationPhd, McGill University; MA, Concordia University; BFA, Concordia University.
Occupation(s)Film director, Associate Professor
Years active2008–present
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Wall Scholar Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies; Leading Scholar Green College, University of British Columbia

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.[13][14] She is the co-editor of the book Ties that Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa with historian Jon Soske.[15][16] She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020.[17]

Filmography

Feature films
  • 2009: H2Oil (feature documentary)
  • 2011: A St-Henri le 26 Aout (feature documentary) [18]
  • 2013: Jeppe on a Friday (feature documentary) made with Arya Lalloo[19]
  • 2019: Illusions of Control (feature documentary) [20]
  • 2021: The Gig Is Up (feature documentary) [21]

Short films
  • 2002: Revisit (experimental fiction) directed with Rawi Hage
  • 2003: Sayeh (medium-length documentary) directed with Kaveh Nabatian and Nicolas Rutigliano
  • 2003: Fire & Hope (documentary) [22]
  • 2004: Close-Up (experimental)
  • 2006: Inkani (documentary) with Heinrich Bohmke
  • 2007: The Space In Between (short fiction) starring Rich Terfry and Elizabeth Powell
  • 2012: Niger Delta Remix: Last Rights Niger Delta (video installation for the Johannesburg Workshop on Theory and Criticism)
  • 2014: Under the Umbrella (documentary) [23]
  • 2018: Disappearance: Hong Kong Stories (360 VR documentary)
  • 2019: Matsutake Hunters (documentary) [24]
  • 2022: This Phantom Pain, Letter #1 (experimental short) [25]
  • 2022: In Relation, Letter #2 (experimental short)

Screenplays
  • 2014: Man Bitch adaptation of novella by Johan van Wyk[26]
  • 2018: Unidentified Minor [27]

Awards

Film awards
Year Category Festival Film Result
2009 Quebec/Canada Best Hope Award Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal H2Oil Nominated
2009 Eco-Camera, Honorable Mention Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal H2Oil Won
2010 Grand Prize Festival de films pour l'environnement H2Oil Won
2011 Best Feature Documentary CRiterio Ambiental Film Festival H2Oil Won
2014 Audience Award Black Movie Film Festival Jeppe on a Friday Nominated
2015 Best Documentary Indie Karoo Film Festival Jeppe on a Friday Won
2017 Best Screenplay, Quarter-Finalist Shore Scripts Feature Film competition Unidentified Minor Won
2017 Best Low-Budget Screenplay Toronto Female Eye Film Festival Unidentified Minor Won
2018 Top Ten Feature Film Scripts Cinequest Film Festival Unidentified Minor Won
2018 Best Screenplay, Top 10 selection Vancouver International Women in Film Festival Unidentified Minor Nominated
2019 Best Canadian Doc Hot Docs Illusions of Control Nominated
2019 Best Canadian Doc, Honourable Mention Calgary International Film Festival Illusions of Control Won
2021 Big Screen Doc Award Millennium Docs Against Gravity The Gig is Up Nominated
2021 Best Canadian Documentary Hot Docs The Gig is Up Nominated
2021 Truth Award Nominee DokuFest International Film Festival The Gig is Up Nominated
2021 F:ACT Award CPH:DOX The Gig is Up Nominated
2021 Old Oak Audience Choice Award Forest City Film Festival The Gig is Up Won
2022 Best Editing (Sophie Farkas Bolla) Canadian Screen Awards The Gig is Up Nominated

Academic awards

References
  1. "WorldCat Identities". worldcat.org. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. "Shannon Walsh". IMDb. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  3. K.J. Yossman. "'The Gig Is Up' Director Shannon Walsh on How the Gig Economy Is Coming for All Our Jobs". Variety.
  4. Tom Grater. "Timely Gig Economy Documentary 'The Gig Is Up' Boarded By Dogwoof – EFM". deadline.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  5. "Un documentaire activiste". radio-canada.ca/. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. "Une journée complète " À St-Henri, le 26 août "". radio-canada.ca. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. "Vingt-quatre heures dans la vie de Jeppestown". courrierinternational.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  8. "'Umbrella' filmmaker Shannon Walsh gets starring role at Venice festival". scmp.com. May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  9. "Hot Docs review: Illusions Of Control". nowtoronto.com. April 28, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  10. "Detah woman's story of growing up next to Giant Mine featured in new film". cbc.ca. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  11. Holly Gordon. "Watch the video for Little Scream's politically charged new song, 'Dear Leader'". CBC Music.
  12. "People, People" – via www.youtube.com.
  13. "Shannon Walsh - Theatre and Film". theatrefilm.ubc.ca.
  14. "Shannon Walsh - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.ca. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  15. Mantė Vertelytė and Sarita Fae Jarmack (September 25, 2017). "Book Review: Ties That Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa edited by Shannon Walsh and Jon Soske". lse.ac.uk. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  16. "15 Recommended Reads on Colonial Histories, Colonial Legacies". lse.ac.uk. November 15, 2018.
  17. "Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "St-Henri, the 26th of August". nfb.ca. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  19. "Jeppe on a Friday". June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  20. "IMDB Illusions of Control". May 10, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  21. "Shannon Walsh's Gig Economy Doc "The Gig Is Up" Lands at Dogwoof". March 23, 2021 – via www.womenandhollywood.com.
  22. "Fire & Hope NY premiere".
  23. "Under the Umbrella of Hong Kong's Protest". August 30, 2022 – via www.youtube.com.
  24. "IMDB Matsutake Hunters". August 30, 2022 – via www.imdb.com.
  25. "Cinépistolaire series Episode 4". October 27, 2022.
  26. Man-bitch. 2001. OCLC 48239294.
  27. "IMDB Unidentified Minor". October 27, 2022 – via www.imdb.com.


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