Elizabeth St. Philip

Elizabeth St. Philip is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 2020 film 9/11 Kids . ^[1]

She was formerly a producer for CTV News, who worked on both CTV National News and W5 . ^[2] She made her debut as a filmmaker in 2010 with the short documentary film The Colour of Beauty, about Black women in fashion modelling. ^[3]

She joined Blue Ant Media as a producer in 2022, ^[4] later joining TVOntario in 2023 as director of program development in 2023. ^[5] Also in 2023 she directed Inside the Statue Wars, a documentary which aired on the CBC Television series The Passionate Eye . ^[6]

Awards

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Canadian Screen Awards	2016	Best News or Information Segment	W5 : "Gordie's Comeback" with Avis Favaro, Jerry Vienneau, Brian Mellersh, André Lapalme	Nominated
	2021	Donald Brittain Award	9/11 Kids with Steve Gamester, Michael Kot, Betty Orr	Won	[7]
		Best Direction in a Documentary Program	9/11 Kids	Nominated	[8]
	2024	Donald Brittain Award	The Passionate Eye : "Inside the Statue Wars" with Steve Gamester, Yuma Dean Hester, Michael Kot	Nominated	[9]
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival	2020	Rogers Audience Award	9/11 Kids	Won	[10]

References

1. John Doyle, "Circus of Books and 9/11 Kids: Two great stories of growing up in strange circumstances in the U.S.". The Globe and Mail , April 22, 2020.
2. Jen McNeely, "Where are they now? 9/11 Kids at Hot Docs shares the story of the children who were in the classroom when President Bush first heard about the 9/11 Attacks". She Does the City, April 23, 2020.
3. "Black model's struggle highlighted in film". CBC Arts, May 11, 2010.
4. "Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue, March 17, 2022.
5. Kelly Townsend, "TVO expands leadership team with four new roles". Playback , June 19, 2023.
6. Elisabetta Bianchini, "'Inside the Statue Wars' documentary sparks in-depth discussions on statues linked to history of colonization". Yahoo! News , October 5, 2023.
7. Kim Izzo, "Canadian Screen Award winners for non-fiction categories revealed". RealScreen , May 17, 2021.
8. Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada , March 30, 2021.
9. Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View , March 6, 2024.
10. Katie Scott, "Marineland documentary takes top prize at Hot Docs 2020". Global News, June 8, 2020.

External links

• Elizabeth St. Philip at IMDb