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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