Shannon Walsh
Shannon Walsh | |
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| Born | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Phd, McGill University; MA, Concordia University; BFA, Concordia University. |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Associate Professor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship; Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts; Wall Scholar Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies |
Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar. She has directed the feature documentaries The Gig Is Up, H2Oil , À St-Henri, le 26 août, Jeppe on a Friday and Illusions of Control. She has also directed music videos for the Montreal based artist Little Scream.
Walsh, who was born in London, Ontario, is also an academic, and teaches film production at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Theatre and Film. She is the author of The Documentary Filmmaker's Intuition: Creating Ethical and Impactful Non-fiction Films. She is also the co-editor of the books Ties that Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa, and In My Life: Stories from activists in South Africa 2002-2022.
She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020 and awarded a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2023.