Miranda de Pencier | |
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 De Pencier in 2020 | |
| Born | August 20, 1968 (age 56) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, director, producer |
Miranda de Pencier (born August 20, 1968, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director, producer, and actress. She is most noted for her 2011 film Throat Song , which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards. [1]
She began her career as an actress, most notably playing Josie Pye in the 1985 telemovie Anne of Green Gables and its sequels. [2] She also had a recurring role on Street Legal in the 1989–90 season as Jennifer Winston, a college student who was dating Chuck Tchobanian, [3] and appeared in the film The Myth of the Male Orgasm and on stage in Canadian productions of Les Misérables and Aspects of Love . [4]
In the late 1990s she began producing, first in theatre [5] before moving into film production. Through her production company, Northwood Entertainment, [6] she first produced the 2005 film Cake . [7] Her subsequent credits as a producer have included the films Pu-239 , Adam and Beginners , [8] the television series Wild Roses [9] and the new 2017 Anne of Green Gables adaptation Anne with an E . [10]
The short film Throat Song was her debut as a director. [11] Her feature debut, The Grizzlies , debuted at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018. In October, de Pencier won the Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for The Grizzlies. [12]
She is the daughter of magazine publisher Michael de Pencier, and the sister of documentary filmmaker Nicholas de Pencier. [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | Mind Benders | Julie Freeman | |
| 1988 | Murder One | Jenny | |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Bride | |
| 1993 | The Myth of the Male Orgasm | Jane Doe | |
| 1995 | Butterbox Babies | May Wilson |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Anne of Green Gables | Josie Pye | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | Television film | |
| 1989–1990 | Street Legal | Jennifer Winston | 7 episodes |
| 1990 | My Secret Identity | Michelle | Episode: "White Lies" |
| 1990 | Star Runner | Linda | Television film |
| 1994–1995 | Catwalk | Double J | 7 episodes |
| 1995 | Harrison Bergeron | Phillipa | Television film |
| 2000 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story | Josie Pye Spurgeon | 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2005 | Cake | |
| 2006 | Pu-239 | |
| 2009 | Adam | |
| 2010 | Beginners | |
| 2012 | Thanks for Sharing | |
| 2014 | The Backward Class | Documentary |
| 2018 | The Seagull | |
| 2018 | The Grizzlies |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wild Roses | Executive producer; also writer and creator |
| 2017–2019 | Anne with an E | Executive producer |
| 2023 | Black Life: Untold Stories |
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