Jim Donovan (director)
Jim Donovan (born in Quebec, 1964) is an award winning Canadian TV director and film director. He wrote and directed 3 saisons,[1] which won several international awards, including Best Feature at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival,[2] Best Director at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival,[3] and Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival.[4][5]
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Background
Donovan began his career directing commercials, music videos, and short films, until his feature film directorial debut in 1996, with 2 Mayhem 3.[6] He relocated from Montreal to Toronto in early 2010,[7] and founded Undertow Entertainment in 2011. In 2013 Donovan was presented with a Canadian Screen Award for best director for his work on the television series Flashpoint.[8] In 2014 Donovan was nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Drama Television Series, for the program Cracked; Ghost Dance.[9]
Partial filmography
Films
- 2 Mayhem 3 (1996)
- Pure (2005)[10]
- Agent Provocateur (2006)
- The Watch (2007)
- 3 Saisons/3 Seasons (2009)[11][12][13]
- The Perfect Teacher (2010)[14]
Television series
- Cracked - seasons 1 and 2
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? - season 5
- Instant Star- seasons 2 and 3
- Flashpoint - season 4, 5, 7
References
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- Official website
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- "Profile at Directors Guild of Canada".
- ↑ "Interview With Director Jim Donovan". Washington Examiner.
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- ↑ "More Canadian Screen Award winners: Rick Mercer, Flashpoint, B.C. winners" by Craig Takeuchi The Straight, Mar 1, 2013
- ↑ "News and Events". Directors Guild of Canada.
- ↑ "Homegrown films Red Jacket and My Son the Pornographer win praise from pros". Canada.com.
- ↑ "Donald Sutherland wows Whistler—while dying to take a whiz". MacLeans Magazine.
- ↑ "Canadian films don't have to 'look Canadian' any more". The Toronto Star.
- ↑ "French twists: Fest spreads joie across city". By Norman Wilner NOW Magazine.
- ↑ "The Perfect Teacher". Reviewed By Sloan Freer, Radio Times.
