Anne Wheeler

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Anne Wheeler

OC
Born
Dorothy Anne Wheeler

(1946-09-23) September 23, 1946 (age 76)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation(s)Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter,Short Story Writer
Years active1975–present
SpouseLuben Izov
ChildrenMorgan Wheeler-Hendren, Quincy Wheeler-Hendren, Step son Alexander Izov
Parent(s)Benjamin Morrill Wheeler and Nellie Rose (Nee Pawsey) Wheeler
RelativesBrothers Harry Benjamin, Kenneth Philip and Alan Edmund

Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director. [1]

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Biography

Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. [1] Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, A War Story (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films Bye Bye Blues (1989) and The War Between Us (1995). Her first non-NFB film was Loyalties in 1986.

In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of Anne with an E , Private Eyes, Strange Empire , The Romeo Section , The Guard , This Is Wonderland , Da Vinci's Inquest , and Cold Squad .

Awards and honors

Wheeler has been nominated four times for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for her films Loyalties (1986), Cowboys Don't Cry (1988), Bye Bye Blues (1989), and Suddenly Naked (2001). Her 1998 television miniseries, The Sleep Room , won Gemini awards for best television movie and best direction. [2]

In 2017 Wheeler won a Leo Award for Best Direction (Television Film) for the Hallmark movie Stop the Wedding . [3]

Wheeler was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995. [4] In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Wheeler has also been awarded seven honorary doctorates and is the first woman to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada.

Filmography

Director
YearTitleGenreOther notes
1975Great Grand MotherDocudrama
1976AugustaDocumentary
1977Happily UnmarriedShort drama
1978Teach Me to DanceShort drama
1981 A War Story Docudrama
1984One's a HeiferShort dramaEpisode of Global Playhouse anthology series
1984Change of HeartTV movie For the Record series
1985To Set Our House in OrderShort dramaEpisode of Global Playhouse anthology series
The Ray Bradbury Theater TV seriesOne episode
1986 Loyalties Feature
1988 Cowboys Don't Cry Feature
1989 Bye Bye Blues Feature
1990 Mom P.I. TV seriesTwo episodes
Angel Square Feature
1992 North of 60 TV seriesTwo episodes
1993 The Diviners TV movie3-hour special
Other Women's ChildrenTV movie
1995 Jake and the Kid TV seriesTwo episodes
The War Between UsTV feature
1996 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes TV seriesPilot
1998 Cold Squad TV seriesThree episodes
The Sleep Room Miniseries
Da Vinci's Inquest TV series (1998–2003)Seven episodes
1999 Better Than Chocolate Feature
2000 Marine Life Feature
The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel GunnDocudrama
Mysterious Ways TV seriesOne episode
Beggars and Choosers TV seriesOne episode
Legs Apart Short drama
2001 Suddenly Naked Feature
2002The InvestigationTV movie
Edge of MadnessFeature
2003BetrayedTV movie
2004 A Beachcombers Christmas TV movie
This Is Wonderland TV series (2004–2005)Eight episodes
2005 Godiva's TV seriesTwo episode
2006 Jozi-H TV seriesTwo episodes
Christmas on Chestnut StreetTV movie
The Guard TV seriesTwo episodes
2007 Mom, Dad and Her TV movie
2008 Mail Order Bride TV movie
Living Out LoudTV movie
Dancing Trees (Partners in Crime)TV movie
2009 The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger TV movie
2011 Knockout Feature
2013 Chi Short documentary
2014The Color of RainTV movie
2014 Heartland TV seriesTwo episodes
2015 A Country Wedding TV movie
2016 Stop the Wedding TV movieBest Direction, 2017 Leo Awards
2021 Firefly Lane TV seriesTwo episodes
Producer
YearTitleGenreNotes
1977Happily UnmarriedDocumentary
1978 Priory: The Only Home I've Got Documentary
1979Triangle IslandDocumentary
Welfare MothersDocumentary
Never a Dull MomentDocumentary
1981 A War Story Docudrama
1983Great Days in the RockiesDocumentary
From Bears to BartokDocumentary
1984Children Of AlcoholDocumentary
This Is Only a TestDocumentary
1988Cowboys Don't CryFeature
1989 Bye Bye Blues Feature
1996Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury StoryTV movie
2001 Suddenly Naked FeatureExecutive producer
Writer
YearTitleGenreNotes
1975Great Gand MotherDocudrama
1976AugustaDocumentary
1981 A War Story Docudrama
1984One's a HeiferShort dramaCo-writer
1985To Set Our House in OrderShort drama
1986 Loyalties Feature
1988Cowboys Don't CryFeature
1989 Bye Bye Blues Feature
1990 Angel Square Feature
1996Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury StoryTV movie
2000Legs ApartShort drama
2002Edge of MadnessFeature
2003BetrayedTV movie

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