Sharon Corder is an American writer, producer, and educator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With her husband Jack Blum, she has written and produced more than fifty hours of television drama for both Canadian and American broadcasters. In 2005, Blum and Corder began Reel Canada, their non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating Canadian film.
Born in Waco, Texas into a military family, Corder moved across the American Southwest according to her father's deployments, including Hawaii and Japan. She trained in theatre at the University of California at Davis.
In the mid-1970s, Corder moved to Vancouver to pursue a theatrical career. There, she founded the Genesis Company Theatre, [1] playing leading roles as an actor in travelling productions across Canada. In 1985, she met and began working with Jack Blum, who would become her co-writer and co-producer on Canadian television series like Traders, Catwalk, and Power Play .
In 1998, Corder and Blum wrote and produced Babyface , which premiered at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. [2]
In 2005, Corder and Blum founded Reel Canada, an educational program entitled "Our Films in Our Schools" aimed at promoting Canadian film in high schools. The initiative has since spawned "Welcome to Canada," a Canadian film summit for newcomers to Canada, and "National Canadian Film Day," a one-day country-wide celebration of Canadian film with local screening partners in every province and territory. Corder is the Artistic Director of Reel Canada.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | The Hospital (short) | Writer | |
1986 | Jack of Hearts (short) | Writer | |
1987 | Street Justice | Reporter | |
1988 | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | Sarah Glick | |
1989 | Speaking Parts | Hotel Manager (voice) | |
1993 | Small Pleasures | Script Editor | |
1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Special Thanks | |
1998 | Babyface | Joyce, Producer, Writer | |
2002 | Ararat | Special Thanks | |
2008 | Adoration | Passenger, Professor On-Line |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | The Twilight Zone (1985) [3] | Technician | 1 Episode: The Wall |
1989 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Writer | 1 Episode: Mirror Mirror |
1990-91 | Dracula: The Series [4] | Writer | |
1990-92 | Max Glick | Writer | 1 Episode: The Matchmaker |
1990-94 | Top Cops | Writer | 2 Episodes |
1992-94 | Catwalk | Story Editor | |
1995 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Writer | 1 Episode: Deadly Fashion |
1996 | Traders | Co-Producer, Writer | 13 Episodes: The Enemy Without, The Big Picture, Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth, The Enemy Within, Rumours, Into That Good Night, Dancing with Mr. D, From Russia with Love, ...Long Live the King, The King is Dead..., Bad is Good, Pennies from Heaven, Options |
1997-98 | Once a Thief | Writer | 2 Episodes: Little Sister, Mac Daddy |
1998-99 | Power Play | Writer | 5 Episodes: The Mask, Resign or Re-Sign, Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms, All for One |
Getting Out: Dora Mavor Moore Award for Artistic Excellence and Theatrical Innovation
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