Madison Thomas

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Madison Thomas
Born1991/1992(age 30–31) [1]
OccupationFilmmaker
Website www.madisonthomasfilm.com

Madison Thomas is an independent film and television writer and director from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [2] She is most noted for her 2022 documentary film Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On.

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Career

Thomas' debut feature film was the post-apocalyptic drama, This Is Why We Fight. [3] She developed her second feature film, Ruthless Souls with assistance from Telefilm's Talent to Watch program. The film follows Jackie, an Ojibway artist from the North End, as she grieves the loss of her partner who died during gender reassignment surgery. [1] Ruthless Souls played at the 2022 Reel Pride Film Festival in Winnipeg. [4]

She has also directed episodes of the television series Taken , Burden of Truth , SkyMed and Pretty Hard Cases. She was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Editorial Research at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, for the Taken episode "Tina Fontaine".

In 2022, Thomas' documentary of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On , premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). [5] The film received an honorable mention for the Amplify Voices award at TIFF. [6] For her work on the film, Thomas received the Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary. [7]

Personal life

Thomas grew up in Winnipeg's North End. She is of Ojibwe/Saulteaux and Russian/Ukrainian heritage. [5] She studied filmmaking at the University of Winnipeg. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearWorkCredited asNotes
EditorWriterDirector
2013This is Why We FightYesYesYes
2014Seven DrinksNoNoYesShort
2014Heart WiredNoYesYesShort
2015The MiddlesYesYesYesShort
2016Hard Way GirlYesNoNoShort
2016Exposed NervesYesYesYesShort
2017DeclutterYesYesYesShort
2017ZaaswaakeNoYesYesShort
2019Ruthless SoulsYesYesYes
2022 Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On NoNoYes

Television

YearWorkCredited asNotes
EditorWriterDirector
2017Orange Daisy ProjectYesYesYes2 episodes
2018Colour of Scar TissueYesYesYes4 episodes
2016-2019 Taken YesNoYesDirected 4 episodes, edited 11 episodes
2020AmplifyNoYesYesEpisode: "Enfolding"
2020Voices From HereYesNoNo3 episodes
2021Burden of TruthNoYesYesWrote 1 episode, directed 2 episodes
2021Wolf JoeNoYesNo5 episodes
2022 SkyMed NoNoYes2 episodes
2022-23 Pretty Hard Cases NoNoYes3 episodes

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