Jordan Canning is a Canadian director for film and television. She is known for her independent feature films ''

We Were Wolves ''We Were Wolves'' is a 2014 Canadian feature film directed by Jordan Canning, co-written by Jordan Canning and Steve Cochrane, and starring Peter Mooney and Steve Cochrane as estranged brothers dealing with the fallout of their father's death. Th ...

'' (2014) and '' Suck It Up'' (2017), as well as her work directing on television series ''

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,'' ''Burden of Truth'' and ''

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''.

Early life

She was born in

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. She attended

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in Montreal.

Career

Canning's films have won a number of awards, including two

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, three awards at the NSI Online Short Film Festival, and top prize at the 2012

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RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition. She directed all twenty-three episodes of the IPF-supported web series ''Space Riders: Division Earth'' for CTV. The show won the 2014

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for Best Digital Series and four

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, including Best Director. Canning's 2014 feature film ''

'' screened at the Toronto Film Festival and is distributed by Unobstructed View."Jordan Canning’s We Were Wolves gets distribution"
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WIDC, March 2, 2015 by Carol Whiteman for her second feature film, ''Suck It Up'' (2017), which premiered at the 2017

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and is distributed by Level Film. The film won Best Feature Film at the 2017 B3 Frankfurt Biennale, and Canning was nominated for the

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. In 2016, Canning made her foray into television, directing on ''

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'' and ''

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'', where she became the first female director on the show. The following year she directed episodes of the series ''

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'' ( CTV), '' Burden of Truth'' ( CBC/

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), and ''Baroness Von Sketch Show'' ( CBC/ IFC). In 2018, she directed on ''

'', ''Little Dog'' ( CBC) and ''Baroness Von Sketch Show'' season four. Canning was nominated for two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: one for Best Direction, Comedy ( Schitt’s Creek, Meet The Parents) and one for Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy ( Baroness Von Sketch Show, Humanity is in An Awkward Stage - with co-director Aleysa Young). Canning also directed a number of music videos, including * Death is Quick by

Hey Rosetta! Hey Rosetta! is a Canadian seven-piece indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and led by singer/songwriter Tim Baker. Known for their energized live shows, the band created a large, layered sound by incorporating piano, viol ...

* There's an Arc by

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* Best Served by Pathological Lovers * All Hands by Tim Baker * Dance by Tim Baker She is a 2010 graduate of the Director's Lab at the

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and an alumnus of TIFF Pitch This! and Talent Lab.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Get Set Films
- Official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Canning, Jordan Living people Canadian women film directors Canadian women television directors Film directors from Newfoundland and Labrador People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian television directors Canadian Film Centre alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian Comedy Award winners