Jordan Canning

Jordan Canning is a Canadian film director and writer She has directed over a dozen short films which have screened at festivals all over the world including the Toronto International Film Festival the Tribeca Film Festival and Interfilm Berlin Cannings films have won a number of awards including two Golden Sheaf Awards three awards at the NSI Online Short Film Festival and top prize at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition Canning directed all twentythree episodes of the IPFsupported web series emSpace Riders Division Earthem for CTV The show won the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Digital Series and four Canadian Comedy Awards including Best Director Cannings first feature film emWe Were Wolvesem screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival In 2015 Canning was awarded the Women In the Directors Chair Feature Film Award for her second feature film emSuck It Upem 2017 which premiered at the 2017 Slamdance Film Festival In 2016 Canning made her foray into television directing on emSaving Hopeem and emThis Hour Has 22 Minutesem where she became the first female director on the show as well as many others including the highly lauded emSchitts Creekem Her 2020 NFB animated short em4 North Aem was selected to have its World Premiere at TIFFbrbrbr