Rich Williamson (filmmaker)
Rich Williamson is a Canadian film director, cinematographer and editor. He is most noted for his 2016 short documentary film Frame 394, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.[1]
A partner with Shasha Nakhai in the production firm Compy Films,[2] he was also a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for his work on Nakhai's documentary film Take Light.[3]
Scarborough, codirected by Nakhai and Williamson as their debut narrative feature film, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] It was named the winner of the Changemaker Award, was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award, and received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Film award.[5]
His other films have included Prom Day (2009), The Sugar Bowl (2011), Joe (2012), Freelance (2014), The Unsinkable Captain John (2014), The Hole in Reservoir Hill (2018)[6] and Thirty Eight Minutes (2020).
He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Director at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Scarborough.[7]
References[]
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.
- ^ Lauren Malyk, "Cameras roll on Compy Films’ Scarborough". Playback, August 26, 2019.
- ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
- ^ Rebecca Rubin, "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup". Variety, July 28, 2021.
- ^ Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 18, 2021.
- ^ "Short doc explores North Bay's cold war past". CBC Northern Ontario, September 19, 2018.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
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