B: October 28, 1975 in Toronto, Ontario
D: December 1, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario
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 those early beginnings, he moved on as an actor appearing on stage and in film and television productions. From acting he became a director and his 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, was Officer’s first feature length film. Charles Officer is pictured above in a publicity still on the set of Nurse.Fighter.Boy. Photo by Anna Keenan. He was 48 when he died in Toronto. Learn more about Charles Officer. |
Features & TV Movies: When Morning Comes (2000) Furstenau Mysteries (2011, short) The New Corporation (narrator, 2020, documentary) TV Series – Guest appearances: Credits as a Director: Wingless Angels (2010) TV Series – at least 1 episode of: Coroner (2020-2021) |