Chelsea McMullan is a nonbinary filmmaker and artist whose films and projects have screened on the international festival circuit and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Photography Festival They were artist in residence at Fabrica where they made the a hrefcanadianfilmawardsgeniesGenie Awardanominated documentary emDerailmentsem Their awards include the Shaw MediaHot Docs Development Fund and the Super Channel Documentary Award emMy Prairie Homeem was their third collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada The documentarymusical about indie singer Rae Spoon had its US premiere in January 2014 at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival In December 2015 McMullen was honoured by DOC The Documentary Organization of Canada with their Vanguard Award which is presented to an emerging or midcareer profession who demonstrates a keen artistic sensibility and forward thinking approach to the craft with the potential to lead the next generation of docmakers McMullan codirected emEver Deadlyem with Tanya Tagaq and it screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival Their 2023 documentary emSwan Songem had its World Premiere at TIFF 2023brbrbr
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Cycle (2004, short)
In a Perfect World (2005, short documentary)
Plume (2006, short)
Supper (VR-2008, short)
Chat (VR-2008, short)
Slip (2008, short)
Deadman (TV-2009, documentary)
The Way Must Be Tried (TV-2009, documentary)
Chain (2011, documentary short)
Not To Be (2011, short)
Derailments (2011, documentary short)
Mise en scène (2012, documentary short)
My Praire Home (2013, documentary)
Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John (2015)
Getting There: Isabel Marant (2015, short)
What is Perfection (2016, short)
Ever Deadly (2022)
Crystal Pite: Angel’s Atlas (2022)
Swan Song (2023, documentary)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
Cycle (2004, short)
In a Perfect World (2005, short documentary)
Plume (2006, short)
Supper (VR-2008, short)
Chat (VR-2008, short)
Slip (2008, short)
Deadman (TV-2009, documentary)
The Way Must Be Tried (TV-2009, documentary)
Chain (2011, documentary short)
Not To Be (2011, short)
Derailments (2011, documentary short)
Mise en scène (2012, documentary short)
My Praire Home (2013, documentary)
Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John (2015)
Ever Deadly (2022)
Crystal Pite: Angel’s Atlas (2022)
Swan Song (2023, documentary)
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