Maya Gallus

Maya Gallus pictured at the media launch of Hot Docs 2018 talking about her film The Heat A Kitchen Revolution which had its World premiere at the festival in April 2018 Gallus won a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary for her featurelength film emGirl Insideem The film premiered at Hot Docs launched the 2007 season of The View From Here on TVO and played at festivals worldwide Her provocative featurelength documentary emErotica A Journey Into Female Sexualityem premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for a a hrefcanadianfilmawardsgeniesGeniea for Best FeatureLength Documentary and for Best Arts Documentary at Hot Docs The film screened theatrically in Toronto San Francisco San Sebastian and Tokyo and was broadcast in Canada the US and internationally Her first film emElizabeth Smart On The Side of the Angelsem which she coproduced directed and wrote premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival the Boston Museum of Fine Art Canada House UK Festival des Films Sur LArt and others emOn The Side of the Angelsem won Best Production of the Festival Best Documentary and Best Editing at the Yorkton Golden Sheaf Awards as well as Best Narration at the Atlantic Film Festival and was nominated for a Gemini for Best Direction Other credits include the critically acclaimed six part series emPunch Like a Girlem for which she and codirectorcoproducer Justine Pimlott received two Gemini Nominations for Best Direction In A Documentary Series br br br

Features & TV Movies

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels (1991)
The Very Dead of Winter (1993)
Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Blades (1997)
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality (1997)
A Tale of Two Sisters (1997)
Full Circle: The Untold Story of the Dionne Quintuplets (1998)

Girl Inside (2007)
Punch Like a Girl (co-director with Justine Pimlott, TV-2008)

Dish-Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service (2010)
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche (2012)
Derby Crazy Love (2013)
The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution (2017)

TV Series:
Leaders in the Field (co-director, 2003)
The Best and the Brightest (co-director, 2003)

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