Maya Gallus

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Maya Gallus is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Red Queen Productions with Justine Pimlott. Her films have screened at international film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, This Human World Film Festival (Vienna) and Women Make Waves (Taiwan), among others. Her work has also screened at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Donostia Kultura, San Sebastián and Canada House UK, as well as theatrically in Tokyo, San Francisco, Key West and Toronto, and been broadcast around the world. She has won numerous awards, including a Gemini Award for Best Direction for Girl Inside, and has been featured in The Guardian,[1][2] UK; Ms. (Magazine), Curve (Magazine), Bust (Magazine), Salon (Magazine), POV[3][4] (Magazine) and The Walrus, among others.[2][5][6][7][8] She is a Director/Writer alumna of the Canadian Film Centre and a participant in Women in the Director’s Chair.

Filmography
Release Film Description
2013 Derby Crazy Love (Co-Director) The third wave feminist revival of women’s roller derby and the subculture around the sport.
2012 The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche (Director/Writer) The life and work of Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche, author of Jalna and the Whiteoak Chronicles.
2010 Dish-Women, Waitressing & the Art of Service (Director/Writer) From classic North American diners and Montreal’s “sexy restos” to Paris’s haute eateries and Tokyo’s maid cafes.[9][10]
2009 Cat City (Co-Producer) Justine Pimlott, Maya Gallus
2005 Fag Hags: Women Who Love Gay Men (Producer/Writer) Maya Gallus, Justine Pimlott, Judy Holm
1998 Full Circle: The Untold Story of the Dionne Quintuplets (Director) A portrait of the surviving adult Dionne Quintuplets, Cécile, Yvonne and Annette.
1997 A Tale of Two Sisters (Director) A portrait of Canadian stage and screen actors Jennifer and Cynthia Dale.
1997 Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality (Director) An exploration of women’s erotica, featuring the final interview with Story of O author Pauline Réage as well as Annie Sprinkle, Candida Royalle, Bettina Rheims, Catherine Robbe Grillet and others.[11]
1997 Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Blades (Director) A portrait of the Olympic Champion figure skater, known as “Canada’s sweetheart”.
1991 Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels (Director/Writer) The life and work of Canadian writer Elizabeth Smart, author of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.
1993 The Very Dead of Winter(Director/Writer) A family grapples with the death of the father.

Awards and nominations

Atlantic Film Festival

Gemini Awards

  • 1992: Best Direction in a Documentary - Elizabeth Smart: On The Side of the Angels (Nomination)

Genie Awards

  • 1998: Best Documentary: Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality (Nomination)

Hot Docs

  • 1998: Best Arts Documentary: Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality (Nomination)

Yorkton Film Festival, Golden Sheaf Awards

  • 1991: Best Production: Elizabeth Smart: On The Side of the Angels (Award)
  • 1991: Best Documentary: Elizabeth Smart: On The Side of the Angels (Award)
  • 1991: Best Editing: Elizabeth Smart: On The Side of the Angels (Award)

For additional awards - see Red Queen Productions

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