Grace Glowicki

Last updated

Grace Glowicki is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta. [1]

Contents

Glowicki directed and starred in the feature film Tito (2019), which was nominated for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards. She is also known for starring in the short film Her Friend Adam (2016), which earned her a special jury award for best actress in a short film at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Career

An alumna of McGill University, Glowicki moved to Toronto, Ontario after graduation. [2] She has acted in films including Hemorrhage (2012), The Oxbow Cure (2013), Her Friend Adam (2016), Suck It Up , Cardinals , We Forgot to Break Up (all 2017), Paper Year (2018), Raf (2019), Strawberry Mansion (2021), Until Branches Bend (2022), Booger (2023), The Heirloom (2024) and Measures for a Funeral (2024) and in the web series Out with Dad and Carmilla .

In 2016, she was named by the Toronto International Film Festival as one of its four "Rising Stars" of the year, alongside Jared Abrahamson, Mylène Mackay and Sophie Nélisse. [3] She won a special jury award for best actress in a short film at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival for Her Friend Adam, [1] and was a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017, for her performance in Cardinals.

In 2020, Glowicki received Telefilm financing for her sophomore feature Dead Lover. [4]

She attracted notice for directing and starring in the 2019 film Tito , which was a shortlisted finalist for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. [5]

Personal life

She has been in a relationship with actor and filmmaker Ben Petrie, her costar in Her Friend Adam, Tito and The Heirloom. [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ingrid Veninger</span> Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

Ingrid Veninger is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and film professor at York University. Veninger began her career in show business as a child actor in commercials and on television; as a teen, she was featured in the CBC series Airwaves (1986–1987) and the CBS series Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990). In the 1990s, she branched out into producing, and, in 2003, she founded her own production company, pUNK Films, through which she began to work on her own projects as a writer and director.

<i>Tumbleweeds</i> (1999 film) 1999 film by Gavin OConnor

Tumbleweeds is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. O'Connor co-wrote the screenplay with his then-wife Angela Shelton, based on Shelton's childhood memories spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother. It stars Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown and Jay O. Sanders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katie Boland</span> Canadian actress

Katie Boland is a Canadian actress, writer, director, and producer. She began her career as a child actress in film and television and has since branched out into adult roles, in addition to writing, directing, and producing her own projects.

Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan Canning</span> Canadian film and television director

Jordan Canning is a Canadian director for film and television. She is known for her independent feature films We Were Wolves (2014) and Suck It Up (2017), as well as her work directing on television series Baroness Von Sketch Show,Burden of Truth and Schitt's Creek.

Sonia Boileau is a Canadian First Nations filmmaker belonging to the Mohawk Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

Zoe Leigh Hopkins is a Canadian Heiltsuk/Mohawk writer and film director who began her career in acting in 1991 and later pursued filmmaking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mylène Mackay</span> Canadian actress (born 1987)

Mylène Mackay is a Canadian actress. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for her performance in Endorphine. In 2016, she appeared as Nelly Arcan in Anne Émond's film Nelly, and as Marguerite in André Forcier's film Kiss Me Like a Lover .

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quinn Shephard</span> American actress, film producer and director

Quinn Shephard is an American actress, film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor. She played the roles of Donna Malone in the Christmas comedy Unaccompanied Minors and Morgan Sanders in the television series Hostages. In 2017, her feature film directorial debut, Blame, screened at several film festivals and earned critical attention.

<i>Cardinals</i> (film) 2017 Canadian film

Cardinals is a 2017 Canadian thriller film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley. The film stars Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker, a woman who has just recently been released from prison after killing a coworker in a drunk driving incident, when Mark, the son of the man she killed, shows up on her doorstep demanding answers of his own.

Her Friend Adam is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Ben Petrie and released in 2016. The film stars Petrie as Robert, a man whose insecurities about his relationship with his girlfriend Liv explode into a fight after he suspects her of having an affair with her friend Adam even though Adam is gay.

Alexandra Lazarowich is a Cree director and producer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Initially working as a child actress and model, by the age of 27 she had produced 9 films. She is the producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Still Standing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deragh Campbell</span> Canadian actress

Deragh Campbell is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her acclaimed performances in independent Canadian cinema. Her collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz—Never Eat Alone (2016), Veslemøy's Song (2018), MS Slavic 7 (2019), and Point and Line to Plane (2020)—have screened at film festivals internationally. Campbell has also starred in three of Kazik Radwanski's feature films; she played a small role in How Heavy This Hammer (2015), the lead role in Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019), and opposite Matt Johnson in Matt and Mara (2024).

<i>Tito</i> (2019 film) 2019 Canadian film

Tito is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Grace Glowicki. Glowicki plays Tito, a man terrified of the outside world and hunted by sexual predators. The refuge he finds in an abandoned house is disturbed by the arrival of John, a cheerful and protective neighbor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gail Maurice</span> Canadian actor and writer

Gail Maurice is a Canadian actress, writer, and producer. She is most noted for her performances as the title character in the film Johnny Greyeyes, Dorothy Pine in the television series Cardinal, and Georgina in the television series Trickster.

<i>Violation</i> (film) 2020 horror film

Violation is a 2020 Canadian horror drama film directed and written by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli. It is the feature film debut of the two directors, who have collaborated on several short films displayed at film festivals worldwide. The plot follows Miriam, who seeks revenge on her brother-in-law after a traumatic incident. The film stars Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo, and Cynthia Ashperger.

Hot Flash is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Thea Hollatz and released in 2019. The film centres on a woman working as a television newscaster, who experiences a menopause-related hot flash just as she is about to go on air to report on a snowstorm.

Danis Goulet is a First Nations (Cree-Métis) film director and screenwriter from Canada, whose debut feature film Night Raiders premiered in 2021.

Ben Petrie is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is most noted as the director of the short film Her Friend Adam, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.

<i>Booger</i> (film) 2023 American film by Mary Dauterman

Booger is a 2023 American body horror comedy film written and directed by Mary Dauterman in her feature directorial debut. It stars Grace Glowicki, Garrick Bernard, Heather Matarazzo, and Marcia DeBonis. The film follows Anna (Glowicki), who, while grieving the unexpected death of her best friend and roommate Izzy, is bitten by their runaway cat Booger, causing Anna to undergo an unusual bodily transformation.

References

  1. 1 2 Fish Griwkowsky, "Edmonton-born actress wins at Sundance". Edmonton Journal , February 2, 2016.
  2. "Canadas rising screen stars: 9 talents changing the stories we tell". Now , April 10, 2019.
  3. Renée Tse, "TIFF 2016: 4 Rising Stars to Watch Out For at This Year’s Festival". Fashion , September 7, 2016.
  4. Kay2020-08-18T18:59:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Telefilm Canada announces 16 projects for 2020-21 Talent To Watch programme". Screen. Retrieved 2024-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada . Archived from the original on March 30, 2021.
  6. Johanna Schneller, "Filmmaker Grace Glowicki on breaking norms and the secret to shooting 13-15 pages of script a day". CBC Arts, May 14, 2021.