Catherine Martin (director)

French-language poster of the movie Some Of My Friends (Certains de mes amis)

Catherine Martin (born 1958) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1]

Martin was born in Hull, Quebec. A graduate of the film studies program at Concordia University,[2] she made a number of short films, including the "Shirley Bear" segment of the anthology film Five Feminist Minutes, before releasing her debut feature film Marriages (Mariages) in 2001.[3] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2001,[4] and Martin received a Genie Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards.[5]

She followed up with the documentary film Ocean (Océan) in 2002, which was again named to that year's Canada's Top Ten list.[6] In 2006 she released both the documentary film The Spirit of Places (L'Esprit des lieux)[7] and the narrative feature film In the Cities (Dans les villes).[8]

In 2010 she released Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna),[9] which again made the Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[10]

In 2011 she collaborated with musicians Sebastien Grainger, Dan Werb and Jennifer Castle on a short film about the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, as part of the National Parks Project.[11]

She has since released the feature film Une jeune fille in 2013,[12] and the documentary film Some of My Friends (Certains de mes amis) in 2017.[13]

  1. ^ "Les fines antennes de Catherine Martin". Le Devoir, February 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Grad Catherine Martin finds poetry in filmmaking". Concordia's Thursday Report, March 27, 2003.
  3. ^ "Mariages – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, February 9, 2009.
  4. ^ "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner, December 20, 2001.
  5. ^ "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001.
  6. ^ "Canada's Top Ten 2002". Film Studies Association of Canada, January 21, 2003.
  7. ^ "L'Esprit des lieux - Catherine Martin". 24 images, March 19, 2007.
  8. ^ "Dans les villes – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, January 11, 2009.
  9. ^ "Trois temps après la mort d’Anna – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, July 13, 2010.
  10. ^ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now, December 15, 2010.
  11. ^ "A trip through the National Parks Project". Now, May 18, 2011.
  12. ^ "Une jeune fille – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, September 11, 2013.
  13. ^ "«Certains de mes amis»: Catherine Martin ou la quête lumineuse". Le Devoir, February 3, 2018.