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Sheona McDonald is a Canadian Screen Awardwinning director writer and producer based in West Vancouver She made her first short film as a student at North Vancouvers Capilano college It was about author Rosalind MacPhees fight against breast cancer She followed that production with emBreaking the Cycleem exploring an Aboriginal mans work to end domestic violence in his own life and the lives of people in his community Her films explore deeply personal and emotioncharged topics from Lemifers Stories from Prisonem about men serving life sentences in Canadian prisons to emCapturing a Short Lifeem a look at families dealing with the tragic loss of an infant Shes delved into lighter fare too with emWhen Dreams Take Flightem about a group of students in Ontario who build a humanpowered ornithopter basically a giant flapping plane Her 2020 film emInto Lightem is an NFB production selected to screen at Hot Docs 2021 We list her credits as a Director first
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Lifers’ Stories from Prison (2000, short, documentary)
Documentary Bootcamp (2002, short, documentary)
Capturing a Short Life (2008, documentary)
Momentum (2010, short, documentary)
When Dreams Take Flight (2011, documentary)
Inside Her Sex (2014, documentary)
Into Light (2020)
TV Series:
Centre Stage Chronicles II (2001)
Ice Pilots NWT (2013)
Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (2016)
Love It or List It Vancouver (2016, 2017)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
Lifers’ Stories from Prison (2000, short, documentary)
Capturing a Short Life (2008, documentary)
Momentum (2010, short, documentary)
When Dreams Take Flight (2011, documentary)
Rise of the eSports Hero (2013, documentary)
Inside Her Sex (2014, documentary)
Into Light (2020)
TV Series:
Pyros (2012)
Credits as a Producer:
Lifers’ Stories from Prison (2000, short, documentary)
Documentary Bootcamp (2002, short, documentary)
Capturing a Short Life (2008, documentary)
Momentum (2010, short, documentary)
When Dreams Take Flight (2011, documentary)
Inside Her Sex (2014, documentary)
Into Light (2020)
TV Series:
Centre Stage Chronicles II (2001)
Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bag (2012)
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