Biographie
She has been writing and directing in Canada since 1999 when she made her directorial debut with short films. She wrote, directed and produced, Don’t Think Twice, starring Tom McCamus and Jennifer Podemski and then The Best Day of My Life. In 2001, she wrote, directed and co‐produced, I Shout Love, starring Kristen Thomson, who won an Actra Award for her performance in the short. The film also won a 2003 Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama. In 2002, Sarah wrote and directed The Harp, one of the episodes of “The Shields Stories” for television.
In 2007, Sarah wrote and directed Away From Her, starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, and Olympia Dukakis, adapted from the Alice Munro short story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” In addition to two Academy Award® nominations (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress), Away From Her garnered a long list of awards including the London Critics Circle Film Award (British Actress of the Year), Los Angeles Film Critics Association (New Generations Award), National Board of Review (Best Actress), National Society of Film Critics (Best Actress), New York Film Critics Circle (Best First Film, Best Actress), Online Film Critics Society (Breakthrough Filmmaker, Best Actress. Additionally, Away From Her earned a Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, SAG Award (Best Actress), Golden Globe (Best Actress), seven Genie Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Directors Guild of Canada (Best Feature Film, Best Direction) and Best Feature Film from the Writers Guild of Canada.
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Actrice
Films | |
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2010 |
Trigger |
2009 |
Mr. Nobody |
Splice |
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2005 |
Beowulf, la légende viking |
Don't Come Knocking |
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The Secret Life of Words |
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2004 |
L'Armée des morts |
Memories |
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Siblings |
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Sugar |
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2003 |
Luck |
Ma vie sans moi |
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The Event |
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2001 |
No Such Thing |
2000 |
Le Poids de l'eau |
Love Come Down |
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Rédemption |
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The Law of Enclosures |
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1999 |
Go |
Guinevere |
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The Life Before This |
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eXistenZ |
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1998 |
Jerry & Tom |
Last Night |
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White Lies (téléfilm) |
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1997 |
De beaux lendemains |
The Hanging Garden |
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The Planet of Junior Brown |
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1996 |
Joe's so mean to Josephine |
Les Enfants d'abord ! |
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1994 |
Exotica |
Take Another Look (téléfilm) |
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1990 |
Lantern Hill (téléfilm) |
1989 |
Le Triomphe de Babar |
1988 |
Les Aventures du baron de Münchausen |
1987 |
Blue Monkey |
Hands of a Stranger (téléfilm) |
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Heaven on Earth (téléfilm) |
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La Gagne |
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Prettykill |
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1985 |
One Magic Christmas |
Séries | ||
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2008 |
John Adams |
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L'Indépendance pour toujours (E07) |
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Une guerre inutile (E06) |
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Un homme sans importance (E05) |
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Réunion (E04) |
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1996 |
Straight Up |
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1994 |
Road to Avonlea |
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The Minister’s Wife (S05E13) |
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Enter Prince Charming (S05E12) |
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Strictly Melodrama (S05E05) |
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plus d'épisodes (2) | ||
1993 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Hearth and Home (S04E13) |
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Home Movie (S04E12) |
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The Disappearance (S04E11) |
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plus d'épisodes (9) | ||
1992 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Old Friends, Old Wounds (S03E13) |
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The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King (S03E12) |
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High Society (S03E11) |
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plus d'épisodes (10) | ||
1991 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Misfits and Miracles (S02E13) |
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A Mother's Love (S02E12) |
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It's Just a Stage (S02E11) |
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plus d'épisodes (6) | ||
1990 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Nothing Endures But Change (S01E13) |
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The Blue Chest of Arabella King (S01E12) |
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Felicity's Challenge (S01E11) |
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plus d'épisodes (14) | ||
1988 |
Ramona |
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Vendredi 13 - i.a. |
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Bottle of Dreams - i.a. (S01E26) |
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1987 |
Vendredi 13 |
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The Inheritance (S01E01) |
Documentaires | |
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2014 |
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women |
2012 |
Stories We Tell |
2008 |
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen |
2006 |
Wrath of Gods |
2004 |
Surviving the Dawn |
Courts métrages | |
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2003 |
Dermott's Quest |
2000 |
This Might Be Good |
1991 |
Johann's Gift to Christmas (téléfilm) |
Scénariste
Films | |
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2022 |
Women Talking |
2011 |
Take This Waltz |
2006 |
Away from Her |
Séries | ||
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2019 |
Qui es-tu Alaska ? |
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2017 |
Captive |
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Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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plus d'épisodes (3) | ||
2004 |
The Shields Stories |
Documentaires | |
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2012 |
Stories We Tell |
Courts métrages | |
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2001 |
I Shout Love |
1999 |
Don't Think Twice |
The Best Day of My Life |
Réalisatrice
Films | |
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2022 |
Women Talking |
2011 |
Take This Waltz |
2006 |
Away from Her |
2002 |
All I Want for Christmas |
Séries | |
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2020 |
Hey Lady! |
2004 |
The Shields Stories |
Documentaires | |
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2012 |
Stories We Tell |
Courts métrages | |
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2001 |
I Shout Love |
1999 |
Don't Think Twice |
The Best Day of My Life |
Productrice
Invitée
Émissions | |
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2023 |
38th Film Independent Spirit Awards |
80th Golden Globe Awards |
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2008 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards |
2005 |
Buenafuente |
Entertainment Tonight Canada |
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1997 |
Corazón de... |
1996 |
El magacine |
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