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Christy Garland
Director and filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christy Garland is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, originally from London, Ontario and based professionally in Toronto.[1] She is most noted for her 2018 film What Walaa Wants.[2]
A graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University,[3] she worked for various film and television studios as a story analyst and assistant director, and made a handful of narrative short films,[4] before launching her own production company, Murmur Films, to make documentary films.
She made her feature documentary debut in 2012 with The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song,[5] and followed up in 2016 with Cheer Up.[6]
What Walaa Wants was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary, and Garland received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[7]
She is the partner of film and television composer Tom Third.[3]
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Filmography
- Blind Spot - 1997
- Dual Citizen - 2001
- Doormat - 2008
- The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song - 2012
- Cheer Up - 2016
- What Walaa Wants - 2018
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External links
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