Shannon Walsh

Shannon Walsh
Born
London, Ontario, Canada
EducationPhd, McGill University; MA, Concordia University; BFA, Concordia University.
Occupation(s)Film director, Associate Professor
Years active2008–present
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts; Wall Scholar Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar. She has directed the feature documentaries The Gig Is Up,[1] H2Oil ,[2] À St-Henri, le 26 août,[3] Jeppe on a Friday[4] and Illusions of Control.[5][6][7] She has also directed music videos for the Montreal based artist Little Scream.[8]

Walsh, who was born in London, Ontario, is also an academic, and teaches film production at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Theatre and Film. She is the author of The Documentary Filmmaker's Intuition: Creating Ethical and Impactful Non-fiction Films. She is also the co-editor of the books Ties that Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa, and In My Life: Stories from activists in South Africa 2002-2022.[9][10]

She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020[11] and awarded a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2023.

  1. ^ K.J. Yossman. "'The Gig Is Up' Director Shannon Walsh on How the Gig Economy Is Coming for All Our Jobs". Variety.
  2. ^ "Un documentaire activiste". radio-canada.ca/. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Une journée complète " À St-Henri, le 26 août "". radio-canada.ca. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Vingt-quatre heures dans la vie de Jeppestown". courrierinternational.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "'Umbrella' filmmaker Shannon Walsh gets starring role at Venice festival". scmp.com. May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "Hot Docs review: Illusions Of Control". nowtoronto.com. April 28, 2019. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Detah woman's story of growing up next to Giant Mine featured in new film". cbc.ca. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Holly Gordon. "Watch the video for Little Scream's politically charged new song, 'Dear Leader'". CBC Music.
  9. ^ Mantė Vertelytė and Sarita Fae Jarmack (September 25, 2017). "Book Review: Ties That Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa edited by Shannon Walsh and Jon Soske". lse.ac.uk. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "15 Recommended Reads on Colonial Histories, Colonial Legacies". lse.ac.uk. November 15, 2018.
  11. ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020".