Matt Gallagher is a Canadian film director, producer and cinematographer from

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Career

Gallagher has directed documentaries for

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, CBC,

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and

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. In 2000, he won two

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, Best of Festival and Best

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, at the

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for the film ''Cass''. In 2006 he was nominated for a

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for Best History Documentary Program for the CBC documentary ''Vimy: Carved in Stone''. In 2013 Gallagher's documentary ''Grinders'' was nominated for the

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Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series. In 2019, Gallagher won the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary for ''

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'' at the

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and the DGC Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature Documentary. In 2019, he also won

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's award for Best Picture Editing - Documentary and the Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary for ''

''. In 2020 ''Prey'' was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Feature Documentary at the

8th Canadian Screen Awards The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019. His 2021 television documentary ''

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at the

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in 2022.Brent Furdyk
"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"
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'', February 15, 2022.

Filmography

* ''Cass'', 1999 * ''Vimy: Carved in Stone'' (CBC), 2006 * ''Vimy Ridge: From Heaven to Hell,'' 2007 * ''You Gotta Have a Gimmick'' (NFB), 2009 * ''Grinders'', 2011 * ''In Her Footsteps: The Story of Kateri Tekakwitha'', 2012 * ''How to Prepare for Prison'', 2016 * ''

'', 2019 * ''

'', 2021

References

External links

Border City Pictures
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