Catherine Martin (director)

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Catherine Martin (born 1958) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director. [1]

Martin was born in Hull, Quebec. A graduate of the film studies program at Concordia University, [2] she made a number of short films, including the "Shirley Bear" segment of the anthology film Five Feminist Minutes , before releasing her debut feature film Marriages (Mariages) in 2001. [3] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2001, [4] and Martin received a Genie Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards. [5]

She followed up with the documentary film Ocean (Océan) in 2002, which was again named to that year's Canada's Top Ten list. [6] In 2006 she released both the documentary film The Spirit of Places (L'Esprit des lieux) [7] and the narrative feature film In the Cities (Dans les villes). [8]

In 2010 she released Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna), [9] which again made the Canada's Top Ten list for 2010. [10]

In 2011 she collaborated with musicians Sebastien Grainger, Dan Werb and Jennifer Castle on a short film about the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, as part of the National Parks Project. [11]

She has since released the feature film Une jeune fille in 2013, [12] and the documentary film Some of My Friends (Certains de mes amis) in 2017. [13]

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References

  1. "Les fines antennes de Catherine Martin". Le Devoir , February 10, 2018.
  2. "Grad Catherine Martin finds poetry in filmmaking". Concordia's Thursday Report, March 27, 2003.
  3. "Mariages – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, February 9, 2009.
  4. "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner , December 20, 2001.
  5. "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail , December 13, 2001.
  6. "Canada's Top Ten 2002". Film Studies Association of Canada, January 21, 2003.
  7. "L'Esprit des lieux - Catherine Martin". 24 images, March 19, 2007.
  8. "Dans les villes – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, January 11, 2009.
  9. "Trois temps après la mort d’Anna – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, July 13, 2010.
  10. "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now , December 15, 2010.
  11. "A trip through the National Parks Project". Now , May 18, 2011.
  12. "Une jeune fille – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, September 11, 2013.
  13. "«Certains de mes amis»: Catherine Martin ou la quête lumineuse". Le Devoir , February 3, 2018.