Kathleen Hepburn | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director |
Kathleen Hepburn is a Canadian screenwriter and film director. She first attracted acclaim for her film Never Steady, Never Still, which premiered as a short film in 2015 before being expanded into her feature film debut in 2017.[1] The film received eight Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, including Best Picture and a Best Original Screenplay nomination for Hepburn.[2]
Hepburn garnered further praise for co-directing and co-writing The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019) with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. The film premiered at the 69th annual Berlin Film Festival and won three Canadian Screen Awards at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Hepburn and Tailfeathers.[3] The film also won the Toronto Film Critics Association's $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.[4]
She was co-founder with Tyler Hagan of Experimental Forest Films.
- ^ "Never Steady, Never Still to hit silver screen". Prince George Citizen, January 11, 2017.
- ^ "Mary Kills People, Anne, Ava, Mohawk Girls among nominees at Screen Awards". Canadian Press via Montreal Gazette, January 16, 2018.
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