Jeremiah Hayes (filmmaker)

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Jeremiah Hayes is a Canadian film director, writer and editor.^[2] Hayes is known for being the co-director, co-writer and the editor of the documentary Reel Injun,^[3] which was awarded a Gemini Award in 2010 for Best Direction in a Documentary Program.^[4] In 2011, Reel Injun won a Peabody Award for Best Electronic Media.^[5] Hayes was the co-editor of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,^[6] which was awarded a Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary in 2018.^[6] In 2018, Rumble won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary,^[7] and in 2017 Rumble won the Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017.^[8] In 2020, Rumble received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary.^[9] In 2021, Reel Injun is featured in the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures core exhibition of the Stories of Cinema.^[10]

In 2021, Jeremiah directed Dear Audrey.^[11] Dear Audrey is about the life of Canadian filmmaker Martin Duckworth, and his wife Audrey Schirmer's struggle with Alzheimer's. It is produced by SwingDog Films, Cineflix Media Inc, The National Film Board of Canada,^[12] and The Super Channel.

In 1991, while working at The National Film Board of Canada, Hayes first met Duckworth when he was working as the assistant editor on Duckworth`s documentary entitled Peacekeepers at War.

In 2016, Hayes begain to film Duckworth and his wife Audrey Schirmer in their Montreal apartment in order to make the documentary Dear Audrey. Hayes filmed the couple for four years, over 50 shooting days, gathering 90 hours of footage, which included 15 hours of interviews with Duckworth. ^[13][14]

The film Dear Audrey won the following awards: Two Iris Awards for Best Feature Documentary and Best Editing of a Feature Documentary at the 2023 Gala du Quebec Cinema.The People's Choice Award at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) (2021), the Best Feature Documentary Award at the Indy Film Fest (2022), the Cercle d’or for Best Feature Documentary Award at the Sherbrooke World Film Festival (2022), Silver Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Tokyo Film Awards (2022), the Dr. Sydney K. Shapiro Humanitarian Award at the Phoenix Film Festival (2022), the Best Editing of a Documentary Award at the Madrid International Film Festival (2022) and the Excellence in Editing Award at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival (2022). Dear Audrey was nominated for three Canadian Screen Award at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards (2023); Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary, and Best Original Music in a Documentary (composer Walker Grimshaw). ^[15][16]

Hayes`s other credits as a director include Elefanti (1989),^[17] Silence & Storm (1995),^[18] God Comes As a Child (1998),^[19][20] and The Prom (1998).^[21]

Hayes`s credits as an editor include The Death Tour,^[22] Tautuktavuk (What We See) (2023), Tia and Piujuq (2018),^[23] Above the Drowning Sea (2017),^[24] Sol (2014),^[25] The Wolverine: The Fight of the James Bay Cree (2014),^[26] Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women (2013),^[27] The Last Explorer (2009), Inside the Great Magazines (2007),^[28] Vendetta Song (2005),^[29] and Unbreakable Minds (2004).^[30]