Charles Wilkinson is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and film and television director. He is best known for making documentaries that touch on environmental issues. These include ''

Haida Modern ''Haida Modern'' is a 2019 Canadian documentary film about the art and activism of Haida artist Robert Davidson. The film was directed by Charles Wilkinson, filmed, produced and edited by Wilkinson and Tina Schliessler and executive produced b ...

'', ''Vancouver: No Fixed Address'', '' Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World'', '' Oil Sands Karaoke'', and ''Peace Out''. All five films premiered at Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, and have gone on to win awards at Hot Docs, the

Vancouver International Film Festival The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Vancouver International Film Fest ...

, le Festival International du Film sur l'Art - Artfifa, the DGC Awards, the Leo Awards and the

Yorkton Film Festival Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in we ...

. Before moving into documentaries, Wilkinson worked for many years in dramatic television series and on feature films. His directing credits include such TV series as '' The Highlander'', '' The Immortal'', ''

So Weird ''So Weird'' is a television series that aired on the Disney Channel as a mid-season replacement from January 18, 1999, to September 28, 2001. The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the first two seasons, the series centered on ...

'', ''

Dead Man's Gun ''Dead Man's Gun'' was a western anthology series on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The gun would change the life of whoever possessed it. Each episode was ...

'', ''

Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the ''CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created b ...

'' and ''

The Beachcombers ''The Beachcombers'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran on CBC Television from October 1, 1972, to December 12, 1990. With over 350 episodes, it is one of the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canad ...

'', the feature films '' My Kind of Town'', '' Max'', ''Blood Clan'' and ''Breach of Trust'', and the TV movie '' Heart of the Storm''. As a preteen, he was one of the original performers in the

Calgary Safety Roundup The ''Calgary Safety Roundup'' was a popular Canadian television variety series broadcast by CFCN-TV in Calgary from 1961 until the mid-seventies. Origins The program was developed by Sgt. Don Hanson and Corporal Bill Chisholm of the Calgar ...

, paired with his brother Billy as kid cowboy singers. "We sang both kinds - country and western."

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