Chase Joynt is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, video artist, actor, and professor. He attracted acclaim as co-director with

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of the

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'' (2020),Pat Mullen
"Canada at Cannes: Documentary in the Time of COVID"
''

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'', June 25, 2020. and as director of the film ''

Framing Agnes ''Framing Agnes'' is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chase Joynt. An examination of transgender histories, the film centres on Joynt and a cast of transgender actors reenacting various case studies from Harold Garfinkel's work with ...

'' (2022). He won two awards at the

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for his work on the latter.

Career

Filmmaking

Joynt has directed a number of short documentary films about gender issues, including ''I'm Yours'' (2012), ''Akin'' (2012), ''Stealth'' (2014), ''Between You and Me'' (2016) and a short film version of ''Framing Agnes'' (2019). He won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2012

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for ''Akin''; in the same year, he had an acting role in

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's web series '' Murder in Passing''."Margarita grabs audience award at Inside Out Festival"
'' Playback'', June 1, 2012."TTC offers new platform for mystery". ''

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'', January 7, 2013. In 2020 he received a grant from Inside Out's Re:Focus Emergency Relief Fund for the completion of a feature film edition of ''Framing Agnes'', which later premiered at the

,Morgan Sharp
"Toronto filmmaker Chase Joynt on framing Agnes"
''

'', January 31, 2022. where Joynt won both the Audience Award and the Innovator Prize in the NEXT program.Kelly Townsend
"Framing Agnes wins two prizes at Sundance"
'' Playback'', January 31, 2021. In 2023, the film was part of the keynote event for the Moving Trans History Forward conference at the University of Victoria, which included a public screening of ''Framing Agnes'' and a panel discussion with Jen Richards,

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, Morgan M Page, and Joynt himself.

Writing

In 2016, Joynt and

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coauthored the non-fiction book ''You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death and Transition''. The book received a

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nomination for Transgender Non-Fiction at the

29th Lambda Literary Awards The 29th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 13, 2017, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2016. The nominees were announced in March 14, and the winners announced at a gala ceremony on Monday evening, June 12, 2017 in New York Ci ...

in 2017."M.E. Girard, Vivek Shraya among 13 Canadians nominated for 2017 Lambda Literary Awards"
''

Quill & Quire ''Quill & Quire'' is a Canadian magazine about the book and publishing industry. The magazine was launched in 1935 and has an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, with a publisher-claimed readership of 25,000. ''Quill & Quire'' reviews ...

'', March 14, 2017. In 2024, Joynt received a nomination for the

Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction The Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the best work of non-fiction by a Canadian writer. Canada's most lucrative non-fiction prize, the winner re ...

for ''Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir''.

Teaching

Since 2019, Joynt has been an assistant professor of

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...

at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...

Personal life

Joynt is a

trans man A trans man or transgender man is a man who was assigned female at birth. Trans men have a male gender identity, and many trans men undergo medical and social transition to alter their appearance in a way that aligns with their gender identi ...

. Joynt possesses extensive knowledge of automobiles and has a passion for off-roading, appreciating both the technical and adventurous aspects of the experience.

References

External links

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