Grayson Moore is a Canadian screenwriter and filmmaker, most noted as writer and co-director of the 2017 film ''

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''.Brad Wheeler
"Review: Cardinals is minimalist and uniquely structured"
''

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'', August 30, 2018. Although Moore wrote the film on his own, he co-directed it with

Aidan Shipley Aidan Shipley (born December 11, 1992) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, most noted as co-director with Grayson Moore of the 2017 film ''Cardinals''.Brad Wheeler"Review: Cardinals is minimalist and uniquely structured" ''The Globe and Mail'', A ...

. Moore won the award for Best Screenplay in a

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film at the 2017

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.Brandon Barrett
"Two-way tie for WFF's coveted Borsos Award"
''

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'', December 6, 2017. He previously won the award for Best Canadian ShortWork at Whistler in 2014, for his short film ''Running Season''.Cathryn Atkinson
"Quebec drama Félix et Meira sweeps Borsos Awards at WFF 2014"
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'', December 10, 2014. Moore, Shipley, Connor Illsley, and Jon Riera won the

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for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series at the

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in 2019, for the short film ''Deerbrook''. Moore is a native of Kitchener,

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, and a graduate of the film studies program at

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.Barbara Aggerholm
"TIFF screening a dream come true for Kitchener-raised director"
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'', October 4, 2014.

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