Matt Gallagher is a Canadian film director, producer and cinematographer from Windsor, Ontario,[1] who was cofounder with Cornelia Principe of Border City Pictures.[2]
Matt Gallagher | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | University of Windsor |
| Known for | Documentaries |
| Notable work | Prey |
| Spouse | Cornelia Principe |
| Awards | Rogers Audience Award (2019) |
Career
editGallagher has directed documentaries for History Television, CBC, BBC, The History Channel the Food Network and W Network.
In 2000, he won two Golden Sheaf Awards, Best of Festival and Best Short Subject, at the Yorkton Film Festival for the film Cass.[3][4]
In 2006 he was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best History Documentary Program for the CBC documentary Vimy: Carved in Stone. In 2013 Gallagher's documentary Grinders was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series.
In 2019, Gallagher won the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary for Prey[5] at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival[6] and the DGC Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature Documentary. In 2019, he also won Directors Guild of Canada's award for Best Picture Editing - Documentary and the Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary for Prey.
In 2020 Prey was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Feature Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] His 2021 television documentary Dispatches from a Field Hospital was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[8]
Filmography
edit- Cass, 1999
- Vimy: Carved in Stone, 2006
- Vimy Ridge: From Heaven to Hell, 2007
- The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger, 2008
- You Gotta Have a Gimmick, 2009
- Grinders, 2011
- In Her Footsteps: The Story of Kateri Tekakwitha, 2012
- How to Prepare for Prison, 2016
- Prey, 2019
- Dispatches from a Field Hospital, 2021
- Shamed, 2025
References
edit- ↑ "Award-winning Windsor documentarian tackles family stories at COVID-19 field hospital". CBC News. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Documentary looks at the trials of working parents". Windsor Star, January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Canada's Golden Sheaf Award Winners 2000" (PDF). Yorkton Film Festival. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ↑ McGinn, Dave (6 May 2011). "Matt Gallagher: filmmaker". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ↑ "'Riveting and unflinching' clergy abuse trial film Prey wins $50K Hot Docs audience prize". 6 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ Malyk, Lauren (6 May 2019). "Gallagher's Prey wins Rogers Audience Award as Hot Docs wraps". Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ Mullen, Pat (18 February 2020). "2020 Canadian Screen Award Nominees for Documentary". Point of View Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.