Catherine Martin (director)
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Catherine Martin (born 1958) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1]
Martin was born in Hull, Quebec. A graduate of the film studies program at Concordia University,[2] she made a number of short films, including the "Shirley Bear" segment of the anthology film Five Feminist Minutes, before releasing her debut feature film Marriages (Mariages) in 2001.[3] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2001,[4] and Martin received a Genie Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards.[5]
She followed up with the documentary film Ocean (Océan) in 2002, which was again named to that year's Canada's Top Ten list.[6] In 2006 she released both the documentary film The Spirit of Places (L'Esprit des lieux)[7] and the narrative feature film In the Cities (Dans les villes).[8]
In 2010 she released Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna),[9] which again made the Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[10]
In 2011 she collaborated with musicians Sebastien Grainger, Dan Werb and Jennifer Castle on a short film about the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, as part of the National Parks Project.[11]
She has since released the feature film Une jeune fille in 2013,[12] and the documentary film Some of My Friends (Certains de mes amis) in 2017.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Les fines antennes de Catherine Martin". Le Devoir, February 10, 2018.
- ^ "Grad Catherine Martin finds poetry in filmmaking". Concordia's Thursday Report, March 27, 2003.
- ^ "Mariages – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, February 9, 2009.
- ^ "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner, December 20, 2001.
- ^ "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001.
- ^ "Canada's Top Ten 2002". Film Studies Association of Canada, January 21, 2003.
- ^ "L'Esprit des lieux - Catherine Martin". 24 images, March 19, 2007.
- ^ "Dans les villes – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, January 11, 2009.
- ^ "Trois temps après la mort d’Anna – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, July 13, 2010.
- ^ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now, December 15, 2010.
- ^ "A trip through the National Parks Project". Now, May 18, 2011.
- ^ "Une jeune fille – Film de Catherine Martin". Films du Québec, September 11, 2013.
- ^ "«Certains de mes amis»: Catherine Martin ou la quête lumineuse". Le Devoir, February 3, 2018.