About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1965-01-01
Place of birth:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website:
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Jennifer Baichwal

Overview

Jennifer Baichwal, director and producer, was born in Montréal and came to documentary filmmaking through studies in philosophy and theology at her hometown’s McGill University. She debuted 15 years ago with Looking You in the Back of the Head. Her first feature-length film, Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998), was screened at a number of festivals and took Best Biography at the 1999 Hot Docs festival. In 1998 she and partner Nick de Pencier founded Mercury Films, and there she has produced, among other films, her own works The Holier It Gets and The True Meaning of Pictures, as well as the multiply-awarded festival favorite Manufactured Landscapes (about the work of artist Edward Burtynsky), one of the most noteworthy Canadian documentaries of the decade.

Known for

Acting
2008 Capturing Reality Actor Self 58
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Directing
2022 Into the Weeds Directing Director 59
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2018 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Directing Director 60
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2018 Gotthard Base Tunnel, Gotthard, Switzerland Directing Director N/A
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2017 The Tragically Hip - Long Time Running Directing Director 59
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2013 Watermark Directing Director 59
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2012 Payback Directing Director 59
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2009 Act of God Directing Director 59
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2006 Manufactured Landscapes Directing Director 60
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2002 The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia Directing Director 59
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1999 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Directing Director 58
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Writing
2022 Into the Weeds Writing Writer 59
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2018 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Writing Screenplay 60
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2017 The Tragically Hip - Long Time Running Writing Writer 59
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2013 Watermark Writing Writer 59
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Production
2024 Wilfred Buck Production Executive Producer N/A
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2023 Swan Song Production Executive Producer 59
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2022 Into the Weeds Production Producer 59
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2009 Act of God Production Producer 59
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2006 Manufactured Landscapes Production Producer 60
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Crew
2015 Kandahar Journals Crew Technical Advisor 59
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