Elizabeth St. Philip
Elizabeth St. Philip is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 2020 film 9/11 Kids.[1]
She was formerly a producer for CTV News, who worked on both CTV National News and W5.[2] She made her debut as a filmmaker in 2010 with the short documentary film The Colour of Beauty, about Black women in fashion modelling.[3]
She joined Blue Ant Media as a producer in 2022,[4] later joining TVOntario in 2023 as director of program development in 2023.[5] Also in 2023 she directed Inside the Statue Wars, a documentary which aired on the CBC Television series The Passionate Eye.[6]
Awards
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canadian Screen Awards | 2016 | Best News or Information Segment | W5: "Gordie's Comeback" with Avis Favaro, Jerry Vienneau, Brian Mellersh, André Lapalme |
Nominated | |
2021 | Donald Brittain Award | 9/11 Kids with Steve Gamester, Michael Kot, Betty Orr |
Won | [7] | |
Best Direction in a Documentary Program | 9/11 Kids | Nominated | [8] | ||
2024 | Donald Brittain Award | The Passionate Eye: "Inside the Statue Wars" with Steve Gamester, Yuma Dean Hester, Michael Kot |
Nominated | [9] | |
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | 2020 | Rogers Audience Award | 9/11 Kids | Won | [10] |
References
- ^ John Doyle, "Circus of Books and 9/11 Kids: Two great stories of growing up in strange circumstances in the U.S.". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2020.
- ^ Jen McNeely, "Where are they now? 9/11 Kids at Hot Docs shares the story of the children who were in the classroom when President Bush first heard about the 9/11 Attacks". She Does the City, April 23, 2020.
- ^ "Black model's struggle highlighted in film". CBC Arts, May 11, 2010.
- ^ "Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue, March 17, 2022.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "TVO expands leadership team with four new roles". Playback, June 19, 2023.
- ^ Elisabetta Bianchini, "'Inside the Statue Wars' documentary sparks in-depth discussions on statues linked to history of colonization". Yahoo! News, October 5, 2023.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Canadian Screen Award winners for non-fiction categories revealed". RealScreen, May 17, 2021.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View, March 6, 2024.
- ^ Katie Scott, "Marineland documentary takes top prize at Hot Docs 2020". Global News, June 8, 2020.