The Toronto ACTRA Womens Committee honoured WriterDirectorProducer Sheri Elwood with the first Nell Shipman Award which recognizes a female filmmaker for the excellence of her creative work and for her ongoing efforts to create and nourish an inclusive screened entertainment industry It is named after a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscashipmannellNell Shipmana a Canadian actor born in 1892 who moved into writing directing and producing her own work in the 1920s Elwood was the creator and writer as well as an Executive Producer behind the awardwinning series emCall me Fitzem These are Elwoods credits as a Directorbrbrbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
La lección de natación (1997, short)
Eb & Flo (1998, short)
Deeply (2000)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2003, 2004)
Call Me Fitz (2011, 2012, 2013)
Credits as a Producer:
The Mrs. Clause (TV-2008)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (1999)
The Jane Show (2006)
Defying Gravity (2009)
Call Me Fitz (2010-2014)
Lucifer (2016, 2017)
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