Trish Dolman is a

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film and television director and producer. She is most noted for her 2017 documentary film '' Canada in a Day'',"CTV's Canada in a Day debuts June 25"
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'', June 13, 2017. for which she won the

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for Best Direction in a Documentary Program at the

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in 2018. She is also the founder of Screen Siren Pictures Inc., a production studio based in

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. Her other credits as a director include the documentary films ''Ice Girls'', ''Exit Kingsway'' and '' Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson'', while her credits as a producer or executive producer include the feature films '' Flower & Garnet'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Foreverland'', '' Hector and the Search for Happiness'', '' Hello Destroyer'' and '' Indian Horse'', the documentary series ''Girl Racers'' and '' British Columbia: An Untold History'', and the TV movies '' Pants on Fire'', ''Luna: Spirit of the Whale'', ''Reservation Soldiers'' and ''The Bridge''.

Career

Dolman founded Screen Siren Pictures in 1997, and produced its first short called ''White Cloud, Blue Mountain'' directed by Keith Behrman. In 2003 the production studio completed its first feature film ''Flower & Garnet'' directed by Keith Behrman. Screen Siren Pictures added Christine Haebler as a producer partner in 2009. The studio has produced an equal amount of documentaries and feature films with partnerships across Canada and in Europe. Dolman sits as cochairman of the CFTPA's (Canadian Film and Television Production Association) "green team" that moderated the panel called “The Need to Go Green in the Production Sector" in Ottawa at the Prime Time conference in 2008. The committee encourages filmmakers use environmentally friendly ways to produce films. The panel session highlighted filmmakers that follow sustainable production best practices such as Brian Hamilton of

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on the CTV's dramatic series

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, as they encouraged public transiting or carpooling to the set and only printed on recycled paper. She also sits on the advisory committee for the

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. Companies that Dolman has directed and produced for include: AETN,

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, CTV, Global,

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, Movie Central, TWN, W Channel, The Biography Channel,

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, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, SCN,

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, Fireworks International and the

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Collaborations

Dolman has held producer roles in many of the feature films she has worked on. She has collaborated with many different directors and is stated to have co-production experience, as Christine Haebler (co-producer of Screen Siren Pictures) says, "Had she not had the co-production experience we couldn't have done it" referring to their film ''Daydream Nation''. During the pre-production phase of ''Daydream Nation'' both producers experienced shortcomings because the lead actor

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fell through and funding partners dropped off. Dolman looked east for funding in Toronto and partnered with Film Farm and the film became a production of collaborations from the west coast to the east. In 2017, Dolman co-produced ''Indian Horse'', a film based on the novel Indian Horse written by

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. Director

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brought a cut of the film to Hollywood and showed his business partner

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. Eastwood later signed on to be the executive producer of the film. Dolman has continued to collaborate with other directors and filmmaking professionals. She encourages partnerships amongst provinces, "Co-productions give you access to the whole country's talent which helps to get films seen," says the producer in an interview.

Awards and honours

In 2003, Keith Behrman received several Genie nominations and won Best Feature Film by First-Time Director for '' Flower & Garnet'' produced by Trish Dolman. Dolman was also the youngest recipient of the Woman of the Year award from Women in Film and Television and Video Vancouver in 2003. In the same year ''Ice Girls'' directed by Dolman collected three

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for Best Director, Best Editor and Best Program in the sports category. The first feature film produced by Screen Siren Pictures ''The Score'' was nominated for two

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in 2005. In 2010, Dolman was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in British Columbia by the Vancouver Sun. In 2012'',

'' directed by Michael Goldbach was nominated for four

and won Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Film. Dolman later went on to win a

for Best Director for ''Canada In A Day'' in 2017.

Filmography

References

External links

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