James Douglas Genn is a Canadian film and TV writer and director born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1972.

His work includes the feature film Old Stock[1] and the Genie Award nominated short film The Dog Walker,[2] produced at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, where he completed a director's residency in 2003. His work has screened at festivals around the world and has earned him several awards, such as CSA, Genie, Gemini, and DGC award nominations,[3] and the first ever Philip Borsos Award. Recent projects directed for television include multiple episodes of Ransom, Mary Kills People's "No Happy Endings Here"[4] and Rookie Blue for Global; Burden of Truth's "Witch Hunt"/"The Devil in the Desert", Rabbittown and Kim's Convenience for the CBC; Let's Get Physical for POP; HBO Canada's Call Me Fitz;[5] and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil[6] for Space.

He is the son of Canadian artist Robert Genn, the brother of musician Dave Genn, and is the twin brother to artist and musician Sara Genn.[7] Prior to working exclusively as a director and writer, Genn had a successful career in Canada as a sound designer.[8][9]

References

  1. "Santa Barbara adds ten Canadian films to its competition slate" by Rodrigo Cokting at playbackonline.ca
  2. "International hits and little known first features make up the list of Genie nominations" by Jay Stone, CanWest News (9 Feb, 2005) Retrieved from ProQuest 461340846
  3. "Directors Guild announces nominees" at The Globe and Mail (5 Aug, 2009) Retrieved from ProQuest 382622235
  4. "Production on final chapter of Mary Kills People begins" by Lauren Malyk at playbackonline.ca
  5. "Call Me Fitz starts shooting in Nova Scotia" by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com
  6. "Todd & The Book of Pure Evil’s Craig David Wallace on his WGC Screenwriting Award Nomination" by Rachel Langer at www.tv-eh.com
  7. "With a year to live, here’s what artist Robert Genn – with his family – did" by Marsha Lederman at www.theglobeandmail.com
  8. "Come Together" by Ken Eisner, Variety (3-9 Dec, 2001) Retrieved from ProQuest 236205865
  9. "Film, TV talent honoured: North Shore residents bring home the hardware" by Brock Harrison, North Shore News (28 May, 2003) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 361437140


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