Michelle Latimer

Michelle Latimer
Latimer at the Genie Awards in 2012
Born
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, director, filmmaker
Years active2001–present

Michelle Latimer is a Canadian actress, director, writer, and filmmaker. She initially rose to prominence for her role as Trish Simkin on the television series Paradise Falls, shown nationally in Canada on Showcase Television (2001–2004).[1] Since the early 2010s, she has directed several documentaries, including her feature film directorial debut, Alias (2013),[2] and the Viceland series, Rise, which focuses on the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests; the latter won a Canadian Screen Award at the 6th annual ceremony in 2018.[3][4]

Latimer's 2020 film Inconvenient Indian won the People's Choice Award for Documentaries and the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.[5] She is also the co-creator, writer, and director of the CBC Television series Trickster.[6]

  1. ^ "Arguably the gayest Canadian drama on TV | Daily Xtra". Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards '15: TV categories". January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: Heather Hiscox, The Fifth Estate, APTN win top awards | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Hey, These VICELAND Shows Just Won Canadian Screen Awards". Vice. March 7, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  5. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "How filmmaker Michelle Latimer adapted Eden Robinson's novel Son of a Trickster into new CBC series, Trickster | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved December 17, 2020.