Ed Sinclair

Ed Sinclair (born 1968) is an independent Canadian film and television director known for his award-winning social documentaries.

Education and early career

Sinclair graduated in 1993 from York University in Toronto, and has worked in drama, music video, lifestyle series, dance, experimental film and documentary.

Sinclair has worked as an editor for Canadian and international multi-media artists such as Vera Frenkel, Nancy Nicol, Colin Campbell, Richard Fung, Michael Balser and Andy Fabo, Kinga Araya, John Marriott, Janieta Eyre, John Greyson, Andrew J. Paterson and British artist Sharon Morris. He served as a location camera operator on the production of Vera Frenkel's 1992 installation entitled ...from the Transit Bar, which was the Canadian entry at documenta 9 in Kassel, Germany. Sinclair then created a half-hour documentary based on the inner workings of that exhibit.

Recent Work

In April 2007, Ed relocated to Wales, UK in order to pursue projects and collaborations within the expanding Welsh television industry. He was the 3rd Assistant Director on the feature film Inconceivable by Irish director Mary McGuckian, (starring Andie MacDowell and Jennifer Tilly).