Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director.[1]
Anne Wheeler | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy Anne Wheeler September 23, 1946 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Film producer Screenwriter,Short Story Writer |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Spouse | Luben Izov |
| Children | Morgan Wheeler-Hendren, Quincy Wheeler-Hendren, Step son Alexander Izov |
| Parent(s) | Benjamin Morrill Wheeler and Nellie Rose (Nee Pawsey) Wheeler |
| Relatives | Brothers Harry Benjamin, Kenneth Philip and Alan Edmund |
Biography
Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad.[1] Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, A War Story (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films Bye Bye Blues (1989) and The War Between Us (1995). Her first non-NFB film was Loyalties in 1986.
In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of Anne with an E, Private Eyes, Strange Empire, The Romeo Section, The Guard, This Is Wonderland, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.
Awards and honors
Wheeler has been nominated four times for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for her films Loyalties (1986), Cowboys Don't Cry (1988), Bye Bye Blues (1989), and Suddenly Naked (2001). Her 1998 television miniseries, The Sleep Room, won Gemini awards for best television movie and best direction.[2]
In 2017 Wheeler won a Leo Award for Best Direction (Television Film) for the Hallmark movie Stop the Wedding.[3]
Wheeler was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995.[4] In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Wheeler has also been awarded seven honorary doctorates and is the first woman to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada.
Filmography
| Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Genre | Other notes |
| 1975 | Great Grand Mother | Docudrama | |
| 1976 | Augusta | Documentary | |
| 1977 | Happily Unmarried | Short drama | |
| 1978 | Teach Me to Dance | Short drama | |
| 1981 | A War Story | Docudrama | |
| 1984 | One's a Heifer | Short drama | Episode of Global Playhouse anthology series |
| 1984 | Change of Heart | TV movie | For the Record series |
| 1985 | To Set Our House in Order | Short drama | Episode of Global Playhouse anthology series |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | TV series | One episode | |
| 1986 | Loyalties | Feature | |
| 1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Feature | |
| 1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Feature | |
| 1990 | Mom P.I. | TV series | Two episodes |
| Angel Square | Feature | ||
| 1992 | North of 60 | TV series | Two episodes |
| 1993 | The Diviners | TV movie | 3-hour special |
| Other Women's Children | TV movie | ||
| 1995 | Jake and the Kid | TV series | Two episodes |
| The War Between Us | TV feature | ||
| 1996 | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | TV series | Pilot |
| 1998 | Cold Squad | TV series | Three episodes |
| The Sleep Room | Miniseries | ||
| Da Vinci's Inquest | TV series (1998–2003) | Seven episodes | |
| 1999 | Better Than Chocolate | Feature | |
| 2000 | Marine Life | Feature | |
| The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn | Docudrama | ||
| Mysterious Ways | TV series | One episode | |
| Beggars and Choosers | TV series | One episode | |
| Legs Apart | Short drama | ||
| 2001 | Suddenly Naked | Feature | |
| 2002 | The Investigation | TV movie | |
| Edge of Madness | Feature | ||
| 2003 | Betrayed | TV movie | |
| 2004 | A Beachcombers Christmas | TV movie | |
| This Is Wonderland | TV series (2004–2005) | Eight episodes | |
| 2005 | Godiva's | TV series | Two episode |
| 2006 | Jozi-H | TV series | Two episodes |
| Christmas on Chestnut Street | TV movie | ||
| The Guard | TV series | Two episodes | |
| 2007 | Mom, Dad and Her | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Mail Order Bride | TV movie | |
| Living Out Loud | TV movie | ||
| Dancing Trees (Partners in Crime) | TV movie | ||
| 2009 | The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Knockout | Feature | |
| 2013 | Chi | Short documentary | |
| 2014 | The Color of Rain | TV movie | |
| 2014 | Heartland | TV series | Two episodes |
| 2015 | A Country Wedding | TV movie | |
| 2016 | Stop the Wedding | TV movie | Best Direction, 2017 Leo Awards |
| 2021 | Firefly Lane | TV series | Two episodes |
| Producer | |||
| Year | Title | Genre | Notes |
| 1977 | Happily Unmarried | Documentary | |
| 1978 | Priory: The Only Home I've Got | Documentary | |
| 1979 | Triangle Island | Documentary | |
| Welfare Mothers | Documentary | ||
| Never a Dull Moment | Documentary | ||
| 1981 | A War Story | Docudrama | |
| 1983 | Great Days in the Rockies | Documentary | |
| From Bears to Bartok | Documentary | ||
| 1984 | Children Of Alcohol | Documentary | |
| This Is Only a Test | Documentary | ||
| 1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Feature | |
| 1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Feature | |
| 1996 | Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story | TV movie | |
| 2001 | Suddenly Naked | Feature | Executive producer |
| Writer | |||
| Year | Title | Genre | Notes |
| 1975 | Great Gand Mother | Docudrama | |
| 1976 | Augusta | Documentary | |
| 1981 | A War Story | Docudrama | |
| 1984 | One's a Heifer | Short drama | Co-writer |
| 1985 | To Set Our House in Order | Short drama | |
| 1986 | Loyalties | Feature | |
| 1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Feature | |
| 1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Feature | |
| 1990 | Angel Square | Feature | |
| 1996 | Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Legs Apart | Short drama | |
| 2002 | Edge of Madness | Feature | |
| 2003 | Betrayed | TV movie | |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Anne Wheeler". AnneWheeler.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "The Sleep Room", The Canadian Historical Review, Volume 80, Number 4, December 1999 pp. 698-705
- ^ "Leo Awards 2017 Winner". Leo Awards. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ . Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.
External links
- Official web site
- Anne Wheeler at IMDb
- Anne Wheeler at the Canadian Women Film Directors Database