Jem Garrard

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Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard is the creator and showrunner on the space opera series Vagrant Queen released in 2020, and the award winning mockumentary webseries Android Employed, which ran from 2017 to 2018. They directed the fourth series of comedy-drama You Me Her in 2019, and episodes of Wynonna Earp and Motherland: Fort Salem . Garrard has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Mech-X4 and won a Leo Award in 2018.

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Jem Garrard identifies as queer and non-binary. They live in Vancouver, BC with their family. [1]

Filmography

YearTitlePositionNotesRef
2013PlaygroundDirector, cinematographerSeason 1, 4 eps. [2]
2015Guns to MicsDocumentary [3]
2016The SwitchDirector, Story EditorSeason 1 [4]
Murderer UpstairsDirectorTV movie [5]
2017Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017-2018Android EmployedCreator, DirectorSeason 1 + 2, 8 eps. [6]
Mech-X4 DirectorSeason 2, 4 eps. [7]
2018Cooking with LoveTV movie
Killer High [8]
2019 You Me Her Season 4 [9]
2020 Vagrant Queen Executive Producer, Director, Created for Television by, Showrunner [10]
2021 Wynonna Earp DirectorSeason 4, Episode #46: "Crazy"
Day of the Dead Episodes 8-10: "To Anyone Who Can Hear My Voice"/
"Death Comes to Paymart"
2022 Charmed Episode 66: "Cats And Camels and Elephants, Oh My"
2023 Nancy Drew Episode 52: "The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil"
2024 Sight Unseen Director"Sunny", "Mia"
Slay Director, writer

Awards and nominations

YearAwarding Body/EventAwardWorkResultRef
2015 LA Film Festival LAIFF July Award for Best Comedy/DramedyThe Wolf Who Came to DinnerNominated [11]
2016Juggernaut: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film FestivalHecate Female Filmmaker AwardNominated
Canada Shorts Film FestivalDisappearedFinalist
East Van ShowcaseJury Prize for Best Short FilmHaunted SaloonWon
2018 Banff World Media Festival Banff Rockie Award for Best Digital Fiction SeriesAndroid EmployedNominated
Leo Awards Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or SeriesNominated [12]
Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or SeriesNominated [13]
Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or SeriesAndroid Employed, episode "The Second Unit Team"Won [14]
Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series Mech-X4 , episode "X4 Versus The Dark Night"Nominated [15]
2019 46th Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program Mech-X4 Nominated [16]
Directors Guild of Canada Outstanding Directorial AchievementKiller HighNominated [17]

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