Tim Southam’s many films include the critically acclaimed dramas The Bay of Love and Sorrows, The Tale of Teeka/ L’Histoire de l’oie, and One Dead Indian; as well as the celebrated documentaries Drowning in Dreams, Satie and Suzanne and Perreault Dancer. Southam’s work as a TV series director includes jPod, The Dead Zone, ‘da Kink in my Hair, Moose TV, Naked Josh, Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making, and Blue Murder, and as writer on North of 60 and Traders. His work has won awards at many international festivals, multiple Gemini and Gémeaux awards, including three for best direction, and nominations for the Genie, Grammy, Jutra and DGC awards. He was elected as the national president of the Directors Guild of Canada in 2014 and re-elected in April of 2016. Before becoming a filmmaker Southam studied economics, philosophy and literature at the University of Toronto and received a master’s degree in political economy from the London School of Economics. |
Features & TV Movies: What She Wrote (1990) Island of the Dead (2000) Love Letters (TV-2010) TV Series (at least 1 episode): Unnatural History (2010) American Gods (2021) |