Chandler Levack

Chandler Levack is a Canadian writer, director, and filmmaker.[1] Levack has been an arts and entertainment writer for publications including Eye Weekly, Toronto Life, SPIN, The Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star.

She is a two-time Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year, receiving nominations alongside Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux at the Juno Awards of 2015 for directing PUP's "Guilt Trip" music video,[2] and at the Juno Awards of 2016 for directing PUP's "Dark Days" music video.[3] She was also a Prism Prize nominee for both "Guilt Trip"[4] and "Dark Days",[5] and has also directed music videos for DZ Deathrays and Jeremy Dutcher.

Her debut as a narrative filmmaker, the short film We Forgot to Break Up, premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival,[6] and won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Whistler Film Festival.[7]

I Like Movies, Levack's debut feature film, premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[8] and received widespread acclaim. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10.[9] Levack won the $10,000 RBC Emerging Artist Award at the 2022 Calgary International Film Festival for the film.[10] The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[11] In 2023, Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail named the film as one of the 23 best Canadian comedy films ever made.[12]

In November 2023, she was announced as the director of My Dead Mom, a short-form comedy series in production for Crave.[13]

Matthew Miller's production company Zapruder Films (which he co-founded with Matt Johnson), launched a contest to back a first-time female screenwriter with $12,000 CAD in funding, story editor guidance, and script optioning; Levack and her feature film Anglophone were announced as the winners from 137 entries.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Meghan Collie, "Chandler Levack on Her New TIFF Short & the Importance of Telling Trans Stories" Archived 2020-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Flare, September 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Juno Awards 2015: Avril Lavigne, Nickelback and Kiesza among nominees". Hello! Canada, January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Junos 2016: Complete list of Juno Award nominees". CBC News, February 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Prism Prize announces Top 10 best Canadian music videos of 2014" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Vancouver Sun, February 12, 2015.
  5. ^ Sarah Murphy, "Prism Prize Announces Top 20 Finalists for 2016". Exclaim!, February 9, 2016.
  6. ^ Jordan Adler, "We Forgot to Break Up premieres at TIFF". Canadian Jewish News, September 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "It's a tie for best Canadian feature at the 2017 Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, December 4, 2017.
  8. ^ Kay, Jeremy. "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  9. ^ "I Like Movies". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  10. ^ Michele Jarvie, "Calgary International Film Festival jury winners announced". Calgary Herald, September 27, 2022.
  11. ^ Mullen, Pat (December 8, 2022). "Three Feature Docs Make Canada's Top Ten". Point of View.
  12. ^ Barry Hertz, "The 23 best Canadian comedies ever made". The Globe and Mail, June 28, 2023.
  13. ^ "TV & Film News – Chandler Levack makes TV directorial debut with Crave’s ‘My Dead Mom’". Broadcast Dialogue, November 16, 2023.
  14. ^ "Winner Selected from 137 Entries". Zapruder Films. 2016. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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