Thom Fitzgerald
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Thom Fitzgerald: Since his 1997 feature debut, Thom has won over two
dozen international awards including the Academy of Canadian Cinema and
Television Award (Genie), The FIPRESCI European International Critics'
Prize, The Emerging Master Award at the Seattle International Film
Festival, and the Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule" Award at the Berlin
International Film Festival. He won both the Best Canadian Film Award
and the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film
Festival. Thom is a three time premiere guest of The Sundance Film
Festival, and has been lauded abroad with the City of Grandola Prize at
the Troia Film Festival in Portugal, and the Best Screenplay Prize at
the Mar del Plat Film Festival in Argentina. He was awarded both the
Best Screenplay Award and the Most Popular Film Award at the Vancouver
International Film Festival. Thom was cited as "One of the top 100
filmmakers in the world" by Screen International and "One of the Top
Ten of the Next Generation" by the Hollywood Reporter. Thom was
nominated for The Directors Guild of Canada Award and won the Best
Director Award at the Atlantic Film Festival for "3 Needles". In 2012
Thom was awarded the prestigious Portia White Prize which is the
highest honor awarded to an artist by the government of Nova Scotia
recognizing artistic excellence. For his theatre work he won the
Merritt Award for Best New Play (CLOUDBURST) and was nominated for
Outstanding Set Design. CLOUDBURST was also nominated as Outstanding
Production of 2010.
