Kelly Fyffe-Marshall

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Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2016 - current
Known forBlack Bodies

Kelly Fyffe-Marshall is a Canadian filmmaker.[1] She is best known for her 2020 two-part short film Black Bodies,[2] which won the Changemaker Award at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]

Career[]

She has also directed the short films Reason Enough (2016), Haven (2018), Black White Blue (2018) and Trap City (2020), and has worked as an assistant director and production assistant on other film and television projects. She is also the co-founder of the production company Sunflower Studios.[2]

Fyffe-Marshall won the Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize at the 2020 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.[5]

Personal life[]

Fyffe-Marshall was born in England, and currently resides in Brampton, Ontario.[2]

Filmography[]

  • Reason Enough (2016) - short film
  • Haven (2018) - short film
  • Black White Blue (2018) - short film
  • Trap City (2020) - short film
  • Black Bodies (2020) - short film

References[]

  1. ^ Kayla McLean, "‘Think about all we’ve lost’: Black creatives confront the way Canada overlooks its Black talent". Global News, February 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Ahearn, Victoria. "'Black Bodies' director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall making 'ripples' in Canadian film and TV". Battlefords News-Optimist. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada.
  5. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2021.


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