Shelagh Carter
Shelagh Carter is a filmmaker who lives and works in Winnipeg, New York, and Los Angeles. She is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio as an Actress and Director, a Professor of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg and a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Directors Lab in Toronto. Early in her film career, Shelagh founded Casting in Stone Inc. to provide Casting Director services in film and television. As a director, Shelagh has created work for ten years. NIGHT TRAVELLERS, her third short film, was a National Screen Institute Drama Prize winner in 2007. Recently, Shelagh completed her dance film RESOLVE and the experimental narrative short CANOE. Her 35 mm short, ONE NIGHT, screened June 2nd, 2009 in Toronto, as part of the Canadian Film Centre's Short Dramatic Film (SDF) series and continues to be invited to international film festivals. Shelagh has just completed shooting her first feature film called PASSIONFLOWER; the story of Sarah, an 11-year-old girl, forcing her family to come to terms with her mother’s increasing mental instability. Her next feature project, a prairie film noir called THE SHOOTING PARTY, is in development. She is a recent recipient of the award, Women In the Director's Chair Career Advancement Module 2010, in collaboration with Women in Film Festival Vancouver.
"I am very happy for an opportunity to show my work. If I stood back from my films, some words to describe what I am interested in are 'transitions and delicate and dangerous transformations.' I hope you enjoy them."