Biography
She has been writing and directing in Canada since 1999 when she made her directorial debut with short films. She wrote, directed and produced, Don’t Think Twice, starring Tom McCamus and Jennifer Podemski and then The Best Day of My Life. In 2001, she wrote, directed and co‐produced, I Shout Love, starring Kristen Thomson, who won an Actra Award for her performance in the short. The film also won a 2003 Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama. In 2002, Sarah wrote and directed The Harp, one of the episodes of “The Shields Stories” for television.
In 2007, Sarah wrote and directed Away From Her, starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, and Olympia Dukakis, adapted from the Alice Munro short story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” In addition to two Academy Award® nominations (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress), Away From Her garnered a long list of awards including the London Critics Circle Film Award (British Actress of the Year), Los Angeles Film Critics Association (New Generations Award), National Board of Review (Best Actress), National Society of Film Critics (Best Actress), New York Film Critics Circle (Best First Film, Best Actress), Online Film Critics Society (Breakthrough Filmmaker, Best Actress. Additionally, Away From Her earned a Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, SAG Award (Best Actress), Golden Globe (Best Actress), seven Genie Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Directors Guild of Canada (Best Feature Film, Best Direction) and Best Feature Film from the Writers Guild of Canada.
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Actress
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2010 |
Trigger |
2009 |
Mr. Nobody |
Splice |
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2005 |
Beowulf & Grendel |
Don't Come Knocking |
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The Secret Life of Words |
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2004 |
Dawn of the Dead |
Siblings |
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Sugar |
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The I Inside |
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2003 |
Luck |
My Life Without Me |
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The Event |
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2001 |
No Such Thing |
2000 |
Love Come Down |
The Claim |
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The Law of Enclosures |
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The Weight of Water |
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1999 |
Go |
Guinevere |
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The Life Before This |
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eXistenZ |
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1998 |
Jerry and Tom |
Last Night |
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White Lies (TV movie) |
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1997 |
Junior's Groove |
The Hanging Garden |
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The Sweet Hereafter |
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1996 |
Children First! |
Joe's So Mean to Josephine |
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1994 |
Exotica |
Take Another Look (TV movie) |
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1990 |
Lantern Hill (TV movie) |
1989 |
The Babar Movie |
1988 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
1987 |
Blue Monkey |
Hands of a Stranger (TV movie) |
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Heaven on Earth (TV movie) |
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Prettykill |
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The Big Town |
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1985 |
One Magic Christmas |
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2008 |
John Adams |
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Peacefield (E07) |
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Unnecessary War (E06) |
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Unite or Die (E05) |
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Reunion (E04) |
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1996 |
Straight Up |
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1994 |
Road to Avonlea |
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The Minister’s Wife (S05E13) |
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Enter Prince Charming (S05E12) |
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Strictly Melodrama (S05E05) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
1993 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Hearth and Home (S04E13) |
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Home Movie (S04E12) |
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The Disappearance (S04E11) |
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more episodes (9) | ||
1992 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Old Friends, Old Wounds (S03E13) |
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The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King (S03E12) |
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High Society (S03E11) |
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more episodes (10) | ||
1991 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Misfits and Miracles (S02E13) |
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A Mother's Love (S02E12) |
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It's Just a Stage (S02E11) |
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more episodes (6) | ||
1990 |
Road to Avonlea |
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Nothing Endures But Change (S01E13) |
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The Blue Chest of Arabella King (S01E12) |
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Felicity's Challenge (S01E11) |
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more episodes (14) | ||
1988 |
Friday the 13th: The Series - a.f. |
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Bottle of Dreams - a.f. (S01E26) |
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Ramona |
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1987 |
Friday the 13th: The Series |
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The Inheritance (S01E01) |
Documentaries | |
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2014 |
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women |
2012 |
Stories We Tell |
2008 |
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen |
2006 |
Wrath of Gods |
2004 |
Surviving the Dawn |
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2003 |
Dermott's Quest |
2000 |
This Might Be Good |
1991 |
Johann's Gift to Christmas (TV movie) |
Screenwriter
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2022 |
Women Talking |
2011 |
Take This Waltz |
2006 |
Away from Her |
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2019 |
Looking for Alaska |
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2017 |
Alias Grace |
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Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2004 |
The Shields Stories |
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2012 |
Stories We Tell |
Short | |
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2001 |
I Shout Love |
1999 |
Don't Think Twice |
The Best Day of My Life |
Director
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2022 |
Women Talking |
2011 |
Take This Waltz |
2006 |
Away from Her |
2002 |
All I Want for Christmas |
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2020 |
Hey Lady! |
2004 |
The Shields Stories |
Documentaries | |
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2012 |
Stories We Tell |
Short | |
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2001 |
I Shout Love |
1999 |
Don't Think Twice |
The Best Day of My Life |
Producer
Series | |
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2017 |
Alias Grace |
Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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