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Shelagh Carter

  • Director
  • Casting Department
  • Writer
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Shelagh Carter
Shelagh Carter is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio as an Actress and Director, and a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Directors Lab in Toronto. As a director, Shelagh has created work for over fifteen years. Night Travellers, her third short film, was a National Screen Institute Drama Prize winner in 2007. Her award winning 35 mm short, One Night, filmed as part of the Canadian Film Centre's Short Dramatic Film 2009 series, screened at several international film festivals. She has also won world festival recognition with her experimental narrative short films Canoe, Rifting/Blue, and Is It My Turn.

Shelagh's first feature film called Passionflower, the story of Sarah, an 11-year-old girl, forcing her family to come to terms with her mother's increasing mental instability, has earned film festival attention and honors. Her indie feature, Before Anything You Say, an innovative drama based on a true story, has won international nominations and awards, most recently Best Manitoba Director 2018 by the DGC. Her third feature film, Into Invisible Light, has been honoured with several awards and nominations, including most recently winning the Directors' Choice Independent Spirit Award at the Sedona International Film Festival 2020. and on behalf of the film, Shelagh was awarded Best Director, at the Swedish International Film Festival, July 2021. Recently, the Swedish Festival expressed interest in Passionflower and invited it to be juried for their monthly series. Most appreciated, it was awarded Best International Feature Film, May 2022.

Shelagh's next feature, a New York City romantic comedy titled Love, Repeat, screened on Lifetime in 2020. The Woman Who Swallowed West Hawk Lake, a psychological horror film, is also in development.
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins & 11 nominations

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Shelagh Carter, Jennifer Dale, Martha Henry, Stuart Hughes, Peter Keleghan, Kari Matchett, Ousama Rawi, Jeff Peeler, Shawn Pierce, Pete Soltesz, Kristen Harris, and Chad Tremblay in Into Invisible Light (2018)
Into Invisible Light
6.9
  • Director
  • 2018
Kristen Harris in Before Anything You Say (2016)
Before Anything You Say
3.9
  • Director
  • 2016
Passionflower (2011)
Passionflower
6.6
  • Director
  • 2011
One Night
6.8
Short
  • Director
  • 2010

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Director

  • Missing and Alone (2021)
    Missing and Alone
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Leenya Rideout and Bill Connington in Love, Repeat (2020)
    Love, Repeat
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Shelagh Carter, Jennifer Dale, Martha Henry, Stuart Hughes, Peter Keleghan, Kari Matchett, Ousama Rawi, Jeff Peeler, Shawn Pierce, Pete Soltesz, Kristen Harris, and Chad Tremblay in Into Invisible Light (2018)
    Into Invisible Light
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Kristen Harris in Before Anything You Say (2016)
    Before Anything You Say
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Is It My Turn (2013)
    Is It My Turn
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Is It My Turn 3D
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Passionflower (2011)
    Passionflower
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Canoe
    • co-director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • One Night
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Night Travellers
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2008
  • Rifting/Blue
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2005

Casting Department

  • My Life as a Dog
    • casting: Winnipeg
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • For the Moment (1993)
    For the Moment
    • casting: Winnipeg
    • 1993
  • Michael Ironside, Joanna Pacula, and Michael Nouri in Black Ice (1992)
    Black Ice
    • casting: Canada
    • 1992
  • Careful (1992)
    Careful
    • casting coordinator
    • 1992
  • Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (1992)
    Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
    • casting: Winnipeg
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Gema Zamprogna in The Challengers (1991)
    The Challengers
    • extras casting
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990)
    Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens
    • casting: Winnipeg
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
    The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
    • additional casting: Winnipeg
    • 1988

Writer

  • Shelagh Carter, Jennifer Dale, Martha Henry, Stuart Hughes, Peter Keleghan, Kari Matchett, Ousama Rawi, Jeff Peeler, Shawn Pierce, Pete Soltesz, Kristen Harris, and Chad Tremblay in Into Invisible Light (2018)
    Into Invisible Light
    • Writer
    • 2018
  • Passionflower (2011)
    Passionflower
    • story
    • writer
    • 2011
  • One Night
    • story
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Night Travellers
    • screenplay
    • Short
    • 2008
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  • Gender / Gender identity
    • Female
  • Race / Ethnicity
    • White
  • Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identity
    • American, Canadian

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    Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio ( NYC & LA) as an Actress and Director.
  • Quotes
    I am very happy for an opportunity to show my work. If I stood back from my films, some words to describe what I am interested in are 'transitions and delicate and dangerous transformations.' I hope you enjoy them.

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