Bobbi Jo Hart

Bobbi Jo Hart
Born22 January 1966
Los Angeles, California
OccupationDocumentary Filmmaker

Bobbi Jo Hart (née Krals) is an American-Canadian documentary filmmaker based in Montreal, Quebec.[1] Hart was born in California and raised in Cottage Grove, Oregon.[2][3] She is most noted for her films Rebels on Pointe, which won the award for Best Canadian Feature at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2017[4] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019,[5] and Fanny: The Right to Rock, which won the Rogers Audience Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival[6] and the award for Best Canadian Film at Inside Out in 2021.[7]

Her other films have included A Calling to Care (2001), She Got Game (2003), I Am Not a Rock Star (2012) and Rise (2015).

  1. ^ Susan Schwartz, "Pub nights and book clubs will be part of a by-seniors, for-seniors web series". Montreal Gazette, December 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Alston, Dana (August 15, 2018). "First-ever Bohemian Film Fest kicks off Friday in Cottage Grove". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022.
  3. ^ Gallagher, Lisa (May 4, 2017). "Hot Docs 2017 Profile: Bobbi Jo Hart". Medium. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Rebels on Pointe takes best Canadian feature at Inside Out". Playback, June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "2019 Canadian Screen Award Nominees for Documentary". Point of View, February 7, 2019.
  6. ^ Kay2021-05-10T18:24:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Hot Docs 2021 unveils audience award, Forum winners". Screen. Retrieved 2023-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Staff, N. O. W. (2021-06-08). "Fanny: The Right To Rock wins best Canadian film at Inside Out". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2023-12-08.