Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler | |
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Born | Dorothy Anne Wheeler September 23, 1946 |
Occupation(s) | Film director Film producer Screenwriter,Short Story Writer |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse | Luben Izov |
Children | Morgan Wheeler-Hendren, Quincy Wheeler-Hendren, Step son Alexander Izov |
Parent(s) | Benjamin Morrill Wheeler and Nellie Rose (Nee Pawsey) Wheeler |
Relatives | Brothers Harry Benjamin, Kenneth Philip and Alan Edmund |
Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director.[1]
Biography
Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad.[1] Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, A War Story (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films Bye Bye Blues (1989) and The War Between Us (1995). Her first non-NFB film was Loyalties in 1986.
In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of .
Awards and honors
Wheeler has been nominated four times for the
In 2017 Wheeler won a
Wheeler was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995.[4] In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Wheeler has also been awarded seven honorary doctorates and is the first woman to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada.
Filmography
Director | |||
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Year | Title | Genre | Other notes |
1975 | Great Grand Mother | Docudrama | |
1976 | Augusta | Documentary | |
1977 | Happily Unmarried | Short drama | |
1978 | Teach Me to Dance | Short drama | |
1981 | A War Story | Docudrama | |
1984 | One's a Heifer | Short drama | Episode of Global Playhouse anthology series |
1984 | Change of Heart | TV movie | For the Record series |
1985 | To Set Our House in Order | Short drama | Episode of Global Playhouse anthology series |
The Ray Bradbury Theater | TV series | One episode | |
1986 | Loyalties | Feature | |
1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Feature | |
1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Feature | |
1990 | Mom P.I. | TV series | Two episodes |
Angel Square | Feature | ||
1992 | North of 60 | TV series | Two episodes |
1993 | The Diviners | TV movie | 3-hour special |
Other Women's Children | TV movie | ||
1995 | Jake and the Kid | TV series | Two episodes |
The War Between Us | TV feature | ||
1996 | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | TV series | Pilot |
1998 | Cold Squad | TV series | Three episodes |
The Sleep Room
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Miniseries | ||
Da Vinci's Inquest | TV series (1998–2003) | Seven episodes | |
1999 | Better Than Chocolate | Feature | |
2000 | Marine Life | Feature | |
The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn | Docudrama | ||
Mysterious Ways | TV series | One episode | |
Beggars and Choosers | TV series | One episode | |
Legs Apart | Short drama | ||
2001 | Suddenly Naked | Feature | |
2002 | The Investigation | TV movie | |
Edge of Madness | Feature | ||
2003 | Betrayed | TV movie | |
2004 | A Beachcombers Christmas | TV movie | |
This Is Wonderland | TV series (2004–2005) | Eight episodes | |
2005 | Godiva's | TV series | Two episode |
2006 | Jozi-H | TV series | Two episodes |
Christmas on Chestnut Street | TV movie | ||
The Guard | TV series | Two episodes | |
2007 | Mom, Dad and Her | TV movie | |
2008 | Mail Order Bride | TV movie | |
Living Out Loud | TV movie | ||
Dancing Trees (Partners in Crime) | TV movie | ||
2009 | The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger | TV movie | |
2011 | Knockout | Feature | |
2012 | The Horses of McBride | TV movie | |
2013 | Chi | Short documentary | |
2014 | The Color of Rain | TV movie | |
2014 | Heartland | TV series | Two episodes |
2015 | A Country Wedding | TV movie | |
2016 | Stop the Wedding | TV movie | Best Direction, 2017 Leo Awards |
2021 | Firefly Lane | TV series | Two episodes |
Producer | |||
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Year | Title | Genre | Notes |
1977 | Happily Unmarried | Documentary | |
1978 | Priory: The Only Home I've Got | Documentary | |
1979 | Triangle Island | Documentary | |
Welfare Mothers | Documentary | ||
Never a Dull Moment | Documentary | ||
1981 | A War Story | Docudrama | |
1983 | Great Days in the Rockies | Documentary | |
From Bears to Bartok | Documentary | ||
1984 | Children Of Alcohol | Documentary | |
This Is Only a Test | Documentary | ||
1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Feature | |
1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Feature | |
1996 | Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story | TV movie | |
2001 | Suddenly Naked | Feature | Executive producer |
Writer | |||
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Year | Title | Genre | Notes |
1975 | Great Gand Mother | Docudrama | |
1976 | Augusta | Documentary | |
1981 | A War Story | Docudrama | |
1984 | One's a Heifer | Short drama | Co-writer |
1985 | To Set Our House in Order | Short drama | |
1986 | Loyalties | Feature | |
1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Feature | |
1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Feature | |
1990 | Angel Square | Feature | |
1996 | Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story | TV movie | |
2000 | Legs Apart | Short drama | |
2002 | Edge of Madness | Feature | |
2003 | Betrayed | TV movie |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Anne Wheeler". AnneWheeler.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "The Sleep Room", The Canadian Historical Review, Volume 80, Number 4, December 1999 pp. 698-705
- ^ "Leo Awards 2017 Winner". Leo Awards. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "Anne Wheeler". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.