Jem Garrard
Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard is the creator and showrunner on the space opera series Vagrant Queen released in 2020, and the award winning mockumentary webseries Android Employed, which ran from 2017 to 2018. They directed the fourth series of comedy-drama You Me Her in 2019, and episodes of Wynonna Earp and Motherland: Fort Salem. Garrard has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Mech-X4 and won a Leo Award in 2018.
Jem Garrard identifies as queer and non-binary. They live in Vancouver, BC with their family.
Filmography[]
Title | Year | Position | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Playground | 2013 | Director, Cinematographer | Season 1, 4 Eps. | [1] |
Guns to Mics | 2015 | Director, Cinematographer | Documentary | [2] |
The Switch | 2016 | Director, Story Editor | Season 1 | [3] |
Murderer Upstairs | 2016 | Director | TV Movie | [4] |
Christmas at Holly Lodge | 2017 | Director | TV Movie | |
Android Employed | 2017-2018 | Creator, Director | Seasons 1 & 2, 8 Eps. | [5] |
Cooking with Love | 2018 | Director | TV Movie | |
Mech-X4 | 2017-2018 | Director | Season 2, 4 Eps. | [6] |
Killer High | 2018 | Director | TV movie | [7] |
You Me Her | 2019 | Director | Season 4 | [8] |
Vagrant Queen | 2020 | Executive Producer, Director, Created for Television by, Showrunner | Series | [9] |
Wynonna Earp | 2021 | Director | Season 4, Episode #46: "Crazy" | [10] |
Awards and nominations[]
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- 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards - Nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program for Mech-X4[11]
- 2019 Directors Guild of Canada - Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Killer High[12]
- 2018 Banff Television Festival - Nominated for Banff Rockie Award for Best Digital Fiction Series for Android Employed
- 2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed[13]
- 2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed[14]
- 2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series for Mech-X4 episode "X4 Versus The Dark Night"[15]
- 2018 Leo Awards - Won for Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed episode "The Second Unit Team"[16]
- 2016 Canada Shorts Film Festival - Nominated, Finalist for Disappeared
- 2016 East Van Showcase - Won Jury Prize for Best Short Film (Haunted Saloon)
- 2016 Juggernaut Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Film Festival - Nominated for Hecate Female Filmmaker Award for The Wolf Who Came to Dinner
- 2015 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards - Nominated for LAIFF July Award for Best Comedy/Dramedy for The Wolf Who Came to Dinner[17]
References[]
- ^ https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/director-jem-garrard-talks-monsters-childhood-and-the-wolf-who-came-to-dinner
- ^ https://www.storyhive.com/creator/profile/id/85055
- ^ https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/director-jem-garrard-talks-monsters-childhood-and-the-wolf-who-came-to-dinner
- ^ https://www.inquisitr.com/4228430/secrets-of-my-stepdaughter-lifetime-true-story-movie-inspired-by-brittany-norwood-lululemon-yoga-murder/
- ^ https://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/the-robots-are-coming-android-employed-imagines-a-near-future-where-robots-join-the-workforce-1.22091318
- ^ https://deadline.com/2019/05/syfys-vagrant-queen-adriyan-rae-to-star-in-live-action-space-tale-1202617182/
- ^ https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3522218/exclusive-syfy-brings-giant-warthog-high-school-reunion-bloody-super-fun-killer-high-trailer/
- ^ https://deadline.com/2019/05/you-me-her-end-season-5-audience-network-1202612214/
- ^ https://womenandhollywood.com/syfy-orders-vagrant-queen-a-space-opera-with-all-women-writers-and-directors/
- ^ Crazy
- ^ http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime-46th-nominations-release-with-credits.pdf
- ^ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/nominees-announced-for-18th-annual-dgc-awards-851413658.html
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Music_Comedy_or_Variety_Program_or_Series
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Music_Comedy_or_Variety_Program_or_Series
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Youth_or_Childrens_Program_or_Series
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Music_Comedy_or_Variety_Program_or_Series
- ^ https://laiffawards.com/july-2015.html
External links[]
- Jem Garrard at IMDb
Categories:
- British television directors
- British television writers
- British science fiction writers
- Canadian television directors
- Women television directors
- Women television writers
- Living people