Kim McCraw (born ) is a Canadian

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

and co-founder of the

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-based production company micro_scope, with Luc Déry. She was born in

Granby, Quebec Granby is a town in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 69,025. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the second most populated city in Estrie after ...

, and after graduating from Cégep de Granby became a director's assistant. McCraw met Dery while working on a short film in Granby. It was in 2004 that she joined the micro_scope team as a producer, and subsequently became a co-shareholder. With Dery, McCraw specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada". Their films ''

Incendies ''Incendies'' (; "Fires") is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play of the same name, ''Incendies'' stars Lubna Azabal, Mélis ...

'' (2010) and ''

Monsieur Lazhar ''Monsieur Lazhar'' is a 2011 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and starring Mohamed Saïd Fellag, Sophie Nélisse and Danielle Proulx. Based on ''Bashir Lazhar'', a one-character play by Évelyne de la Chenel ...

'' (2011) both won the

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Motion Picture to the best Canadian film of the year.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishin ...

, and both were nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

. McCraw co-produced ''

Inch'Allah ''In sha'Allah'' (; ar, إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, ʾIn shāʾ Allāh ), also spelled In shaa Allah, InshAllah, Insya Allah and İnşAllah is an Arabic language expression meaning "if god wills" or "god willing". It was mentioned i ...

'' and personally went to

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

to work on the film. She later produced '' Gabrielle'' (2013), which competed at the

Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...

Filmography

Her films include: * '' Familia'' - 2005 * ''

Congorama '' Congorama '' is a French-Belgian-Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006. Plot Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interraci ...

'' - 2006 * ''

Continental, a Film Without Guns ''Continental, a Film Without Guns'' (french: Continental, un film sans fusil) is a 2007 Canadian comedy-drama film directed and written by Stéphane Lafleur. Plot The lives of four people intertwine after the disappearance of a man who wanders ...

(Continental, un film sans fusil)'' - 2007 * ''

It's Not Me, I Swear! ''It's Not Me, I Swear!'' (french: C'est pas moi, je le jure!) is a Canadian Quebec French, Quebec French-language comedy movie released in Quebec on September 26, 2008. It is directed by Philippe Falardeau and is adapted from Bruno Hébert's novel ...

(C'est pas moi, je le jure!)'' - 2008 * ''

'' - 2010 * ''

'' - 2011 * ''

Familiar Grounds ''Familiar Grounds'' (french: En terrains connus) is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. Cast * Francis La Haye as Benoit * Fanny Mallette as Maryse * Michel Daigle as André * Sylvain Marcel as Alain * Denis Houle as L'H ...

'' - 2011 * ''

'' - 2012 * ''

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'' - 2013 * ''

You're Sleeping Nicole ''You're Sleeping Nicole'' (french: Tu dors Nicole) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film had a limited ...

(Tu dors Nicole)'' - 2014 * '' My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)'' - 2015 * '' Allure'' - 2017 * '' For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)'' - 2018 * ''

My Salinger Year ''My Salinger Year'' (also known as ''My New York Year'') is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Philippe Falardeau, based upon the memoir of the same name by Joanna Rakoff Joanna Rakoff (born May 8, 1972) is an American novelist and memo ...

'' - 2020 * ''

Drunken Birds ''Drunken Birds'' (french: Les Oiseaux ivres) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Ivan Grbovic and released in 2021. The film stars Jorge Antonio Guerrero as Willy, a Mexican drug runner in a crime cartel who travels to Canada in search of his ...

(Les Oiseaux ivres)'' - 2021 * '' The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)'' - 2022

References

Canadian film producers Canadian women film producers Canadian Screen Award winners Living people People from Granby, Quebec Year of birth uncertain {{Canada-film-producer-stub