Jim_Donovan_(director)

Jim Donovan (director)

Jim Donovan (director)

Canadian TV director and film director

Jim Donovan (born 1964 in Quebec) is a Canadian TV director and film director. He wrote and directed 3 seasons,[1] which won several international awards, including Best Feature at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival,[2] Best Director at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival,[3] and Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival.[4][5]

Background

He received a 2005 Directors Guild of Canada nomination for Pure,[6] his first feature film.[7] He relocated from Montreal to Toronto in early 2010,[8] and founded Undertow Entertainment in 2011. In 2013, Donovan was presented with a Canadian Screen Award for best director for his work on the television series Flashpoint.[9] In 2014, Donovan was nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Drama Television Series for the program Cracked; Ghost Dance.[10]

Partial filmography

Films

Television series

  • Cracked - seasons 1 and 2
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark? - season 5
  • Instant Star- seasons 2 and 3
  • Flashpoint - season 4, 5, 7

References

  1. [1]
    "Interview With Director Jim Donovan" Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Washington Examiner.
  2. [2]
    Beverly Hills Film Festival. "Press Release - 10TH ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS". Beverly Hills Film Festival. Beverly Hills Film Festival. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. [3]
    Mexico International Film Festival. "2009 Winners -- Mexico International Film Festival". Mexico International Film Festival. Mexico International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. [4]
    Whistler Film Festival. "Winners - Whistler International Film Festival". Whistler International Film Festival. Whistler International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Whistler Film Festival wraps up with record attendance". by Craig Takeuchi The Straight, Dec 10, 2008
  6. [6]
    "Directors Guild nominees announced". North Bay Nugget. The Canadian Press. August 5, 2005. p. C7. ProQuest 352200863.
  7. [7]
    Afan, Emily Clare (5 April 2010). "Faces Behind the Scenes: Jim Donovan". Playback. p. 43. ProQuest 196329268. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. [8]
    Afan, Emily, Claire. "Faces Behind the Scenes: Jim Donovan". Playback. Brunico Communications Ltd.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. [9]
    "More Canadian Screen Award winners: Rick Mercer, Flashpoint, B.C. winners" by Craig Takeuchi The Straight, Mar 1, 2013
  10. [10]
    "News and Events". Directors Guild of Canada.
  11. [11]
    "Homegrown films Red Jacket and My Son the Pornographer win praise from pros". Canada.com.
  12. [12]
    "Donald Sutherland wows Whistler—while dying to take a whiz". MacLeans Magazine.
  13. [13]
    "Canadian films don't have to 'look Canadian' any more". The Toronto Star.
  14. [14]
    "French twists: Fest spreads joie across city". By Norman Wilner NOW Magazine.
  15. [15]
    "The Perfect Teacher". Reviewed By Sloan Freer, Radio Times.
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