Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
| Kelly Fyffe-Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Known for | Black Bodies |
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall is a Canadian filmmaker[1] best known for her 2020 two-part short film Black Bodies,[2] which won the Changemaker Award at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]
Contents
Career
She has also directed the short films Reason Enough (2016), Haven (2018), Black White Blue (2018) and Trap City (2020), and has worked as an assistant director and production assistant on other film and television projects. She is also the co-founder of the production company Sunflower Studios.[2]
Fyffe-Marshall won the Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize at the 2020 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.[5]
In May 2022, Fyffe-Marshall was selected by David Cronenberg as the recipient of the "pay-it-forward" grant from his Clyde Gilmour Award package, and received $50,000 in post-production services on her feature film When Morning Comes,[6] which premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[7]
Personal life
Fyffe-Marshall was born in England, and currently resides in Brampton, Ontario.[2]
Filmography
- Friends with Benefits (2016) – web series
- Reason Enough (2016) – short film
- Haven (2018) – short film
- Black White Blue (2018) – short film
- Trap City (2020) – short film
- Black Bodies (2020) – short film
- When Morning Comes (2022) – feature film
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2020.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2021.
- ↑ Victoria Ahearn, "David Cronenberg endows TFCA prize to Kelly Fyffe-Marshall". Playback, May 19, 2022.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen Daily, August 4, 2022.
- Articles with short description
- Articles with hCards
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian women film directors
- Film directors from Ontario
- People from Brampton
- Black Canadian filmmakers
- Black Canadian women
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Living people
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Live Action Short Drama
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
