David Wharnsby
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David Wharnsby is a Genie
and Gemini
award winning Canadian film editor who lives in Toronto.
Some of Wharnsby's numerous credits include; the CBC's miniseries Northern Town, directed by Gary Burns; At The Hotel
, directed by Ken Finkleman
; TIFF top ten films, I, Claudia
, by Chris Abraham; The Uncles by Jim Allodi; Ken Finkleman's Gemini
winning The Newsroom
and Foreign Objects; Genie-winning short "I Shout Love" by Sarah Polley
; Atom Egoyan's Gemini winning Sarabande; Emmy-nominated The Four Seasons and Don Giovanni Unmasked by Barbara Willis Sweete; David Weaver's Siblings and Century Hotel; and Genie-nominated Three Stories by Semi Chellas.
His television directing credits include one episode of Billable Hours
("Killer Comma") and two episodes of Being Erica ("This Be the Verse" and "The Unkindest Cut").
Wharnsby received a Gemini Award
for his work on Jennifer Baichwal's documentary The Holier It Gets. He has also worked with Baichwal on the Gemini-winning The True Meaning of Pictures, and the Emmy winning Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles. He won a Genie Award
in 2004 for his work on Guy Maddin
's The Saddest Music in the World
.
Wharnsby married Sarah Polley
, who in addition to directing is an actress, singer, writer and activist, in September 2003. They have since divorced. He collaborated with then wife Polley on the critically acclaimed 2008 feature-length film Away from Her
, which Polley directed. His mother Marnie was host of a children's television show in the 1960s for CKCO-TV
; his brother Tim is a sports reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, cbcsports.ca.
Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
and Gemini
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
award winning Canadian film editor who lives in Toronto.
Some of Wharnsby's numerous credits include; the CBC's miniseries Northern Town, directed by Gary Burns; At The Hotel
At The Hotel
At the Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical mini-series concerning the goings-on at an illustrious Montreal hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists. Created by Ken Finkleman and produced by One Hundred Percent Television, the series aired on CBC Television in 2006. The...
, directed by Ken Finkleman
Ken Finkleman
Ken Finkleman is a Canadian television and film writer, producer and actor.In Canada, Finkleman is best known as the writer, creator and producer of the CBC Television series The Newsroom, in which he starred as television news producer George Findlay...
; TIFF top ten films, I, Claudia
I, Claudia
I, Claudia is a successful one-woman play starring Kristen Thomson, which was adapted into a movie, shown on CBC's Opening Night and at the Toronto International Film Festival....
, by Chris Abraham; The Uncles by Jim Allodi; Ken Finkleman's Gemini
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
winning The Newsroom
The Newsroom
The Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003–04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002....
and Foreign Objects; Genie-winning short "I Shout Love" by Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
; Atom Egoyan's Gemini winning Sarabande; Emmy-nominated The Four Seasons and Don Giovanni Unmasked by Barbara Willis Sweete; David Weaver's Siblings and Century Hotel; and Genie-nominated Three Stories by Semi Chellas.
His television directing credits include one episode of Billable Hours
Billable Hours
Billable Hours is a Canadian comedy series, which airs on Showcase.Set in the fictional Toronto law firm of Fagen & Harrison, the series focuses on three young lawyers struggling to balance their expectations in life with the difficult realities of building a career in law.The series debuted on...
("Killer Comma") and two episodes of Being Erica ("This Be the Verse" and "The Unkindest Cut").
Wharnsby received a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for his work on Jennifer Baichwal's documentary The Holier It Gets. He has also worked with Baichwal on the Gemini-winning The True Meaning of Pictures, and the Emmy winning Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles. He won a Genie Award
Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
in 2004 for his work on Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin, OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba...
's The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World is a 2003 Canadian film directed by Guy Maddin. It stars Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox and Ross McMillan....
.
Wharnsby married Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
, who in addition to directing is an actress, singer, writer and activist, in September 2003. They have since divorced. He collaborated with then wife Polley on the critically acclaimed 2008 feature-length film Away from Her
Away From Her
Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian film which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival...
, which Polley directed. His mother Marnie was host of a children's television show in the 1960s for CKCO-TV
CKCO-TV
CKCO-DT is a television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network and has been branded CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005.-History:...
; his brother Tim is a sports reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, cbcsports.ca.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Project Grizzly Project Grizzly Project Grizzly is a 1996 National Film Board of Canada documentary about the lifelong project of Troy Hurtubise, a man who has been obsessed with researching the Canadian grizzly bear up close, ever since surviving an early encounter with such a bear.... |
Documentary |
| 1996 | Drive | Short film |
| 1997 | Hong Kong Symphony | TV movie |
| 1997 | Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | |
| 1998 | Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles | Documentary |
| 1998 | Short film | |
| 1999 | Heater | |
| 1999 | In Memory | Short film |
| 1999 | Don't Think Twice | Short film |
| 2000 | Hindsight | Short film |
| 2000 | Prelude | Short film |
| 2000 | Short film | |
| 2000 | 24fps | Short film |
| 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Great Performances Great Performances Great Performances, a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on Public Broadcasting Service public television since 1972... |
Episode: "Don Giovanni Unmasked" |
| 2001 | Three Stories from the End of Everything | Short film |
| 2001 | Century Hotel | |
| 2001 | I Shout Love | Short film |
| 2002 | Documentary | |
| 2002 | Perfect Pie Perfect Pie Perfect Pie is a play written by Judith Thompson, and first staged at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2000, with Judith Thompson also directing.... |
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| 2002 | Escape from the Newsroom | TV movie |
| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Episode: "America, America" | |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Rex | TV movie |
| 2004 | Trouser Accidents | Short film |
| 2004 | I, Claudia | |
| 2004 | Siblings | |
| 2006 | At the Hotel At The Hotel At the Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical mini-series concerning the goings-on at an illustrious Montreal hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists. Created by Ken Finkleman and produced by One Hundred Percent Television, the series aired on CBC Television in 2006. The... |
TV series |
| 2006 | Northern Town | TV series |
| 2006 | Away from Her Away From Her Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian film which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival... |
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| 2008 | Passchendaele Passchendaele (film) Passchendaele is a 2008 Canadian war film from Alliance Films, written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Paul Gross. The film, which was shot in Calgary, Alberta, Fort Macleod, Alberta, and in Belgium, focuses on the experiences of a Canadian soldier, Michael Dunne, at the Battle of... |
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| 2008 | Green Door | Short film |
| 2009 | Being Erica | 11 episodes |
| 2011 | Saving Hope | TV movie, post-production |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Billable Hours Billable Hours Billable Hours is a Canadian comedy series, which airs on Showcase.Set in the fictional Toronto law firm of Fagen & Harrison, the series focuses on three young lawyers struggling to balance their expectations in life with the difficult realities of building a career in law.The series debuted on... |
Episode: "The Killer Comma" |
| 2009 | Being Erica | Episode: "This Be the Verse" Episode: "The Unkindest Cut" |