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DIRECTOR ZOE HOPKINS ON HOPE, LOVE, AND “LITTLE BIRD”

June 22, 2023

Director Zoe Hopkins sits down with Wider Lens to talk about her work on the APTN series Little Bird, an experience she calls one of the most beautiful moments of her life, and the critical need for trust and resources to be given to Indigenous directors so that they can authentically portray their stories.

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CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: FUBAR DIRECTOR HOLLY DALE

May 25, 2023

DGC Director Holly Dale delves into her long and illustrious career, including her recent experience directing Arnold Schwarzenegger in FUBAR, which drops today on Netflix! Holly shares how she became one of the first female TV Drama Directors in Canada, her approach to episodic storytelling, and why she never wants to limit herself.

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CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: PEABODY AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR TIFFANY HSIUNG

April 26, 2023

Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung interviewed over twenty different experts to create the documentary segments of Jane that explore the…

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CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: ZOE LISTER-JONES

March 30, 2023

"I have worn many hats previous to Slip, and the intersection of writing, directing, and acting is one that's really exciting for me."

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CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: ANTHONY Q. FARRELL

February 23, 2023

"I really wanted to do an office comedy in a library. It’s a place where they’re not asking anything from you. You don’t have to buy a cup of coffee to be there. It just felt like a place that I wanted to uplift and tell stories about."

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Diving Into the Deep End With Infinity Pool Director Brandon Cronenberg

February 1, 2023

DGC Ontario Director Brandon Cronenberg’s newest film Infinity Pool shocked audiences at Sundance and hit theatres on January 27th to rave reviews praising its visceral atmosphere and darkly funny satire.

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DIRECTING THE NETFLIX HIT SERIES GINNY & GEORGIA IN ONTARIO

January 25, 2023

Ginny & Georgia, made right here in Ontario with DGC Ontario Members, is a certified hit, reaching 52 million viewers in just under a month of its first season’s release. The second season, which dropped on January 5th, has spent two consecutive weeks in the Top 10 most-viewed series on Netflix!

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DGC ONTARIO POST PRODUCTION CREATIVES ON BRINGING THE ICONIC WEDNESDAY ADDAMS TO NETFLIX

November 23, 2022

Netflix's new series Wednesday is sure to delight fans of both the Addams and Tim Burton. Hear from some of the DGC Ontario Post Production Members who helped bring this spooky story to life.

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CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES VINCENZO NATALI

October 27, 2022

Guillermo del Toro's new Netflix horror anthology series Cabinet of Curiosities dropped on Netfix October 25th, just in time for Halloween. To celebrate, we caught up with DGC Ontario Director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice, Hannibal) to discuss his work within the "cinema fantastique", why he's always been drawn to genre film, and "Graveyard Rats," his creepy crawly short for Cabinet of Curiosities.

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CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO: JASMIN MOZAFFARI

September 29, 2022

In the first-ever video edition of our Creative Spotlight series, we catch up with DGC Ontario Director Jasmin Mozaffari to discuss her work on the new Netflix-CBC Gem series Fakes, the importance of Actor-Director trust, and how she's making sets safer for women in the film industry.

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