Jordan Canning

Jordan Canning is a director for film and television. She is known for her independent feature films We Were Wolves (2014) and Suck It Up (2017), as well as her work directing on television series Baroness Von Sketch Show, Burden of Truth and Schitt's Creek.

Jordan Canning
Born	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2005 - Present

Early life

She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She attended Concordia University in Montreal.

Career

Canning's films have won a number of awards, including two Golden Sheaf Awards,[1][2] three awards at the NSI Online Short Film Festival,[3] and top prize at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition.[4][5] She directed all twenty-three episodes of the IPF-supported web series Space Riders: Division Earth for CTV. The show won the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Digital Series and four Canadian Comedy Awards, including Best Director.

Canning's 2014 feature film We Were Wolves screened at the Toronto Film Festival and is distributed by Unobstructed View.[6]

In 2015, Canning was awarded the Women In the Director's Chair Feature Film Award[7] for her second feature film, Suck It Up (2017), which premiered at the 2017 Slamdance Film Festival and is distributed by Level Film. The film won Best Feature Film at the 2017 B3 Frankfurt Biennale.[8]

In 2016, Canning made her foray into television, directing on Saving Hope and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where she became the first female director on the show. The following year she directed episodes of the series The Detail (CTV), Burden of Truth (CBC/The CW), and Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC/IFC).[9] In 2018, she directed on Schitt's Creek, Little Dog (CBC) and Baroness Von Sketch Show season four.

Canning was nominated for two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: one for Best Direction, Comedy (Schitt’s Creek, Meet The Parents) [10] and one for Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy (Baroness Von Sketch Show, Humanity is in An Awkward Stage - with co-director Aleysa Young)[11].

Canning also directed a number of music videos, including

• Death is Quick by Hey Rosetta![12]
• There's an Arc by Hey Rosetta [13]
• Best Served by Pathological Lovers[14]
• All Hands by Tim Baker[15]
• Dance by Tim Baker[16]

She is a 2010 graduate of the Director's Lab at the Canadian Film Centre and an alumnus of TIFF Pitch This! and Talent Lab.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Genre	Notes
2005	Pillowtalk	Writer, Director	Short Film
2006	Thick & Thin	Writer, Director	Short Film
2007	Here On In	Writer, Director	Short Film
2008	The House Series - Bedroom, Kitchen, Bathroom	Director	Short Film Trilogy
2009	Countdown	Writer, Director	Short Film	National Screen Institute Drama Prize
2010	Best Served	Director	Short Film
2010	Not Over Easy	Director, Co-Writer	Short Animation	NSI Short Film Festival Awards
2011	Oliver Bump's Birthday[17]	Director	Short Film	Canadian Film Centre Short Dramatic Film
2012	Seconds[18]	Writer, Director	Short Film	TIFF RBC Emerging Filmmakers Award[19]
2012	The Tunnel	Director	Short Film
2014	We Were Wolves	Director, Co-Writer	Feature Film	2014 Toronto International Film Festival
2015	Space Riders: Division Earth	Director	Web Series	Canadian Screen Award - Best Digital Series
2017	Suck It Up	Director	Feature Film	WIDC Feature Film Award[20]
2017	Ordinary Days	Co-Director	Feature Film	Canadian Film Festival - Best Director

Television

Title	Role	Notes
Saving Hope	Director	Season 5 - 1 episode
This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Director	Season 24 - 4 episodes
The Detail	Director	Season 1 - 2 episodes
Burden of Truth	Director	Season 1 - 2 episodes
Baroness Von Sketch Show	Director	Season 3 - 5 episodes Season 4 - 5 episodes
Schitt's Creek	Director	Season 5 - 7 episodes
Little Dog	Director	Season 2 - 2 episodes
Nurses	Director	episode #5: "Critical Care"

References

1. "2012 Golden Sheaf Award Winners" Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. Yorkton Film Festival
2. "2010 Golden Sheaf Award Winners" Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. Yorkton Film Festival
3. "Jordan Canning’s Not Over Easy wins all three NSI Online Short Film Fest awards". National Screen Institute, September 13, 2012
4. "RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition Winners 2012" Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine.
5. "‘Salty and sweet’ pays off for Jordan Canning" The Telegram, Tara Bradbury September 06, 2012.
6. "Jordan Canning’s We Were Wolves gets distribution". Playback Online, October 1, 2014 by Etan Vlessing
7. "Jordan Canning Wins $120,000 Prize: WIDC Feature Film Award Announced". WIDC, March 2, 2015 by Carol Whiteman
8. Biennale, B3. "B3 BEN AWARD 2017: Congratulations to the winner! - B3 we talk about - B3 Biennale". Retrieved 2017-12-28.
9. "Newfoundland filmmaker becomes first female 22 Minutes director". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
10. https://www.academy.ca/2020/jordan-canning-2/
11. https://www.academy.ca/2020/jordan-canning/
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fldnZDxoHG8
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYJiT_F2B4c
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuz9LjtfbPU
15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMpBStYRJZ8
16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jCe2QmIQsM
17. " Worldwide Short Film Festival 2012". Now Toronto by Norman Wilner June 7, 2012
18. "Jordan Canning comes back for seconds". The Scope.
19. "RBC and TIFF Announce Winners of the 2012 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition - RBC". www.rbc.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
20. "Jordan Canning Wins $120,000 Prize: WIDC Feature Film Award Announced". Retrieved 2016-08-23.

External links

• Get Set Films - Official website
• Jordan Canning on IMDb