Jim Donovan (director)

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Jim Donovan (born 1964 in Quebec) is a Canadian TV director and film director. He wrote and directed 3 saisons, [1] which won several international awards, including Best Feature at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival, [2] Best Director at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival, [3] and Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival. [4] [5]

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Background

He received a 2005 Directors Guild of Canada nomination for Pure , [6] his first feature film. [7] He relocated from Montreal to Toronto in early 2010, [8] and founded Undertow Entertainment in 2011. In 2013 Donovan was presented with a Canadian Screen Award for best director for his work on the television series Flashpoint. [9] In 2014 Donovan was nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Drama Television Series, for the program Cracked; Ghost Dance. [10]

Partial filmography

Films

Television series

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References

  1. ↑ "Interview With Director Jim Donovan" Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine . Washington Examiner.
  2. ↑ Beverly Hills Film Festival. "Press Release - 10TH ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS". Beverly Hills Film Festival. Beverly Hills Film Festival. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Mexico International Film Festival. "2009 Winners -- Mexico International Film Festival". Mexico International Film Festival. Mexico International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Whistler Film Festival. "Winners - Whistler International Film Festival". Whistler International Film Festival. Whistler International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Whistler Film Festival wraps up with record attendance" [ permanent dead link ]. by Craig Takeuchi The Straight, Dec 10, 2008
  6. ↑ "Directors Guild nominees announced". North Bay Nugget . The Canadian Press. August 5, 2005. p. C7. ProQuest   352200863.
  7. ↑ Afan, Emily Clare (5 April 2010). "Faces Behind the Scenes: Jim Donovan". Playback . p. 43. ProQuest   196329268 . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Afan, Emily, Claire. "Faces Behind the Scenes: Jim Donovan". Playback . Brunico Communications Ltd.
  9. ↑ "More Canadian Screen Award winners: Rick Mercer, Flashpoint, B.C. winners" by Craig Takeuchi The Straight, Mar 1, 2013
  10. ↑ "News and Events". Directors Guild of Canada.
  11. ↑ "Homegrown films Red Jacket and My Son the Pornographer win praise from pros" [ permanent dead link ]. Canada.com.
  12. ↑ "Donald Sutherland wows Whistler—while dying to take a whiz". MacLeans Magazine.
  13. ↑ "Canadian films don't have to 'look Canadian' any more". The Toronto Star.
  14. ↑ "French twists: Fest spreads joie across city". By Norman Wilner NOW Magazine.
  15. ↑ "The Perfect Teacher". Reviewed By Sloan Freer, Radio Times.
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