Jim Donovan (director)

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]

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
  • Cracked - seasons 1 and 2
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark? - season 5
  • Instant Star- seasons 2 and 3
  • Flashpoint - season 4, 5, 7

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". 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". 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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