Molly McGlynn is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter."Molly McGlynn's debut feature – a TIFF breakout – isn't a comedy or drama, just 'scorchingly true'"

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, September 15, 2017. She is most noted for her feature film debut ''

Mary Goes Round ''Mary Goes Round'' is a 2017 Canadian drama film directed by Molly McGlynn. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film centres on Mary, a substance abuse counsellor who loses her job afte ...

'', for which she won the

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from the

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.Pinto, Jordan
"Anthropocene claims top Canadian honours at TFCA annual gala"
'' Playback'', January 9, 2019.

Early life

Originally from

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, McGlynn and her family moved to

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when she was five. She grew up in the United States but returned to Canada for university. McGlynn studied at film at Queen’s University in

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and television writing and production at

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Career

McGlynn began her career making short films, including ''Office Daydreams'', ''I Am Not a Weird Person'', ''Shoes'', ''Given Your History'', and ''3-Way (Not Calling)''."Playback’s 2017 5 2 Watch: Molly McGlynn"
'' Playback'', September 11, 2017. In 2013, ''Shoes'' tracked the life cycle of a pair of shoes and earned her a nomination for Best Short Film at the

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. ''3-Way (Not Calling)''—which stars

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, and

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—premiered at the

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. She made her feature film directorial debut with ''

'', starring

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. She developed the screenplay at the

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. It was screened in the Discovery section at the

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. The film centres on Mary, a substance abuse counsellor who loses her job after getting arrested for

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. Returning to her hometown to visit her estranged father, she struggles to cope with the revelations that her father is terminally ill and that she has a teenage half-sister she has never met. For her work on the film, McGlynn won the

for emerging filmmakers from the

. In 2018, she directed episodes of the web series ''

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'', for which she won the

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for Best Directing — Comedy at the

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. Since then, she has directed episodes of the television series ''

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'', '' Bless This Mess'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. McGlynn received

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's Micki Moore Residency in 2020. She wrote and directed the upcoming film ''Bloody Hell'', set to star

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and

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. The movie was filmed in

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, Ontario, concluding in June 2022."Bloody Hell'' Molly McGlynn"
Northernstars.ca, June 9, 2022; and McGlynn, Molly
"We wrapped ''Bloody Hell'' in the wee hours"
Instagram, June 28, 2022

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGlynn, Molly 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian television directors Canadian women film directors Canadian women television directors Canadian women screenwriters Film directors from Montreal Writers from Montreal Living people Canadian Film Centre alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Queen's University at Kingston alumni Humber College alumni