Director

Ying Wang

Director

Rama Rau

Director

Asghar Massombagi

Director

Deepa Mehta

A member of the Order of Canada, Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker who gained acclaim for her trilogy, Fire, Earth and the Oscar-nominated Water. Her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children was nominated for eight CSAs. She has also directed Bollywood/Hollywood, Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and many other films. Her film Funny Boy won multiple awards, including the CSAs for best direction and best screenplay. Her television credits include episodes of Leila, Yellowjackets, and Little America.

Director

Kim Nguyen

Director

Deepa Mehta

A member of the Order of Canada, Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker who gained acclaim for her trilogy, Fire, Earth and the Oscar-nominated Water. Her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children was nominated for eight CSAs. She has also directed Bollywood/Hollywood, Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and many other films. Her film Funny Boy won multiple awards, including the CSAs for best direction and best screenplay. Her television credits include episodes of Leila, Yellowjackets, and Little America.

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Nisha Pahuja

Pahuja is a documentary filmmaker who has directed, written and produced award-winning and internationally acclaimed films for over two decades. Her documentary The World Before Her won the prize for Best Canadian Feature at Hot Docs in 2012. To Kill a Tiger won over 20 awards, including three CSAs, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Director

Omar Majeed

Directors

Jennifer Baichwal

Baichwal is an award-winning director who has collaborated with her partner, producer and cinematographer Nicholas de Pencier, on documentaries such as the CSA-winning trilogy Manufactured Landscapes, Watermark, and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, with Edward Burtynsky. Her other credits include Act of God, Payback, and Long Time Running, among others. She has won 13 awards, including three CSAs.

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Moze Mossanen

Moze Mossanen is a director, writer and producer who has created a body of popular and critically acclaimed work that includes a unique blend of drama, documentary, music and performance. His films include Dance for Modern Times, Year of the Lion, Roxana, and Nureyev. His doc, Unsung: Behind the Glee, won one CSA, and You Are Here: A Come From Away Story, was released on HBO Canada and won two CSAs, including Best Documentary. 

Director

Helen Lee

Director

Deepa Mehta

A member of the Order of Canada, Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker who gained acclaim for her trilogy, Fire, Earth and the Oscar-nominated Water. Her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children was nominated for eight CSAs. She has also directed Bollywood/Hollywood, Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and many other films. Her film Funny Boy won multiple awards, including the CSAs for best direction and best screenplay. Her television credits include episodes of Leila, Yellowjackets, and Little America.

Director

Deepa Mehta

A member of the Order of Canada, Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker who gained acclaim for her trilogy, Fire, Earth and the Oscar-nominated Water. Her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children was nominated for eight CSAs. She has also directed Bollywood/Hollywood, Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and many other films. Her film Funny Boy won multiple awards, including the CSAs for best direction and best screenplay. Her television credits include episodes of Leila, Yellowjackets, and Little America.

Director

Mina Shum

Vancouver-based Shum is best known for her feature films Double Happiness and Meditation Park, both starring Sandra Oh. Her documentary Ninth Floor was on TIFF’s 2015 list of Canada’s top ten films. Other features include Long Life; Happiness and Prosperity; Drive She Said; and One (Nine). She has also directed episodes of Frankie Drake Mysteries, Murdoch Mysteries, The Good Doctor, and October Faction.

Director

Deepa Mehta

A member of the Order of Canada, Mehta is an award-winning filmmaker who gained acclaim for her trilogy, Fire, Earth and the Oscar-nominated Water. Her adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children was nominated for eight CSAs. She has also directed Bollywood/Hollywood, Beeba Boys, Anatomy of Violence, and many other films. Her film Funny Boy won multiple awards, including the CSAs for best direction and best screenplay. Her television credits include episodes of Leila, Yellowjackets, and Little America.

Director

Deborah Chow

Chow is a filmmaker whose debut feature, The High Cost of Living, won Best Canadian First Feature at TIFF. She has directed adaptations of V.C. Andrews’ Dollanganger Saga, which includes Flowers in the Attic and four other novels. She has also directed episodes of many shows including Murdoch Mysteries, Iron Fist, The Vampire Diaries, Fear the Walking Dead, Jessica Jones, Better Call Saul, American Gods, The Mandalorian, and she produced and directed all episodes of the mini-series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Director

Ian Iqbal Rashid

Rashid’s first feature, Touch of Pink, won several awards at festivals worldwide. He was the founder of Desh Pardesh, Canada’s first festival focusing on diasporic South Asian arts and culture.He has also written three award winning books of poetry. Most recently, he produced the TV show Sort Of, as well as writing two episodes of the series.

Director

Albert Shin

Director

David Wu

Wu is a master editor who has worked with many legendary Hong Kong filmmakers. His directorial credits include the films The Snow Queen with Bridget Fonda, Plague City: SARS in Toronto (for which he earned the DGC Best Director nomination), See You Tomorrow, and the TV show Once a Thief. He recently edited the films You Are In My Heart and Bai du ren.

Director

Jennifer Baichwal

Baichwal is an award-winning director who has collaborated with her partner, producer and cinematographer Nicholas de Pencier, on documentaries such as the CSA-winning trilogy Manufactured Landscapes, Watermark, and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, with Edward Burtynsky. Her other credits include Act of God, Payback, and Long Time Running, among others. She has won 13 awards, including three CSAs.