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- ↑ "Winner of Hot Docs 2012 Jury Prize reviewed". DOC BC. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ François Marchand (2015-05-05). "Documentary on Haida Gwaii gets top honour at Hot Docs: North Vancouver filmmaker Charles Wilkinson lands $10,000 prize". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- ↑ "Golden Sheaf Awards: 2014 Winners & Nominees". Yorkton Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- ↑ "VIFF: Charles Wilkinson's Documentary OIL SANDS KARAOKE". YVR Shoots. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- ↑ "Vancouver: No Fixed Address". 25 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ↑ Ian Bailey (2015-10-04). "Filmmaker Charles Wilkinson on creating new doc about Haida Gwaii". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
Filmmaker Charles Wilkinson is happily devoted to documentaries now after a three-decade career with much work in drama, directing such TV series as The Beachcombers and Road To Avonlea and features including Blood Clan with Gordon Pinsent.
- ↑ "IMDb: Charles Wilkinson". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ Hawthorn, Tom (2015). "Haida Guy". issuu . Retrieved August 20, 2016.
