Charles Officer in a publicity still while working on the set of Nurse.Fighter.Boy. Photo by Anna Keenan
Charles Officer studied visual art at Cambridge and communication design at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He worked as a graphic designer before attending the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Since then, he has appeared on stage and in film and television productions. Officer’s debut short, When Morning Comes premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival to wide acclaim. In 2001, he completed the Directors Lab at the Canadian Film Centre and premiered his second film, Short Hymn_Silent War at TIFF 2002, where he received a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Short. The film screened at Sundance and was nominated for a Genie Award in 2004. Nurse.Fighter.Boy, shot over 23 days in Toronto, is Officer’s first feature length film.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
When Morning Comes (2000)
Love Come Down (2000)
Picture Claire (2001)
On Their Knees (2001)
American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)
Trouser Accidents (2004) The Limb Salesman (2004)
Riding the Bus with my Sister (TV-2005)
Your Beautiful Cul de Sac Home (2007)
TV Series - Guest Appearances:
The Eleventh Hour (2002, 2004)
Kojak (2005)
Credits as a Director:
When Morning Comes (2000)
Short Hymn, Silent War (2003)
Pop Song (2003)
Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)
Harry Jerome (2009)
Wingess Angels (2010)
