pFrancesAnne Solomon is an awardwinning filmmaker writer producer curator and entrepreneur in film TV radio theatre and new media Born in England of Trinidadian parents she was raised and educated in the Caribbean and Canada before moving to Great Britain where she built a successful career with the BBC as a TV Drama Producer and Executive Producer Productions included emLove is the Devilem by John Maybury and emSpeak Like A Childem by John Akomfrah both of which she executive produced for the BBC At the same time she also produced and directed films and television programs through her production company Leda Serene Films Solomon moved to Toronto in 2000 where she continued to create write direct and produce her own projects She was the Cocreator Producer and Director of emLord Have Mercyem Canadas hit Caribbean sitcom that aired on Vision TV Torontoone Showcase and APTN in 2003 and was nominated for two Gemini Awards including Best Comedy series She is the founder and CEO of the CaribbeanTales Media Group based in Barbados and Toronto a group of companies that create produce market and monetise Caribbeanthemed film and television content for global audiences We list her credits as a Director firstbr br FrancesAnne Solomon is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciencesbr Also see Fa hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscanewsfrancesannesolomonhonouredbywiftrancesAnne Solomon Honoured by WIFTabr Also see a hrefhttpswwwnorthernstarscablackmarketlaunchesBlack Market Launchesabr br br p
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990, Documentary)
Reunion: West Indian Women at War (TV-1993, Documentary)
Bideshi (1995, short)
What My Mother Told Me (1995)
Peggy Su! (1997)
A Winter Tale (2007)
Hero (2018)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Birthrights (1991)
Siren Spirits (1994, mini-series)
Drop the Beat (2000)
Lord Have Mercy! (2003-2004)
Literature Alive (2005-2006)
Heart Beat (2008)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990, Documentary)
What My Mother Told Me (1995)
A Winter Tale (2007)
Hero (2018)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Siren Spirits (1994, mini-series)
Lord Have Mercy! (2003-2004)
Literature Alive (2005-2006)
Heart Beat (2008)
Credits as a Producer:
I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1990, Documentary)
Reunion: West Indian Women at War (TV-1993, Documentary)
Memsahib Rita (TV-1994, short) Bideshi (1995, short)
What My Mother Told Me (1995)
Flight (TV-1995)
White Men Are Cracking Up (1996, short)
Get Me to the Crematorium (1996, short)
Sixth Happiness (1997)
Flight (1997, short)
Speak Like a Child (1998)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
A Winter Tale (2007)
Kingston Paradise (2013)
Hero (2018)
Battledream Chronicles: A new beginning (TV-2018)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
Birthrights (1991)
Siren Spirits (1994, mini-series)
Lord Have Mercy! (2003-2004)
Literature Alive (2005-2006)
Heart Beat (2008)
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