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Maya Gallus is a Canadians documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Red Queen Productions with Justine Pimlott.
Her films have been screened at international film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,The Art of the Interview (2017). Interview with Maya Gallus Video. Vimeo. White, K. (2017, May 8). Hot Docs '17:
She is the daughter of artist Agnes Gallus.
Yorkton Film Festival, Golden Sheaf Awards
For additional awards - see Red Queen Productions
/ref> 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, UK; Ms. (Magazine), Curve (Magazine), Bust (Magazine), Salon (Magazine), POVMaya Gallus (2020, June 16 ) Agnes Varda: Emotion Pictures. POV Magazine. Maya Gallus. (2021, June 6). Dazzling beauty: The cinema of Chantal Akerman. POV Magazine. and The Walrus, among others. She is a Director/Writer alumna of the Canadian Film Centre and a participant in Women in the Director’s Chair. She will be honoured with a "Focus On" retrospective at the 2017 Hot Docs festival.
Filmography
1993 The Very Dead of Winter (Director/Writer) A family grapples with the death of the father. 1991 Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels (Director/Writer)Lost Ladies of Lit (2022). Interview with Maya Gallus re: Elizabeth Smart & By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Revue Cinema (2022). Extraordinary Women series: An afternoon with Canadian author Elizabeth Smart. Film. The SpokenWeb Podcast (2022). The agony and the ecstasy of Elizabeth Smart. The life and work of Canadian writer Elizabeth Smart, author of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept . 1997 Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Blades (Director) A portrait of the Olympic Champion figure skater, known as "Canada’s sweetheart". 1997 (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. 1997 A Tale of Two Sisters (Director) A portrait of Canadian stage and screen actors Jennifer and Cynthia Dale. 1998 Full Circle: The Untold Story of the Dionne Quintuplets (Director) A portrait of the surviving adult Dionne Quintuplets, Cécile, Yvonne and Annette. 2005 Fag Hags: Women Who Love Gay Men (Producer/Writer) A documentary that explores the complexity of love and friendship between women and gay men. 2009 Cat City (co-producer) A moving documentary that takes the viewer to the frontlines of the cat overpopulation crisis. 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. 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. 2013 Derby Crazy Love (Co-Director) The third wave feminist revival of women’s roller derby and the subculture around the sport. 2018 The film profiles several women Chef, exploring the Sexism double standards in the restaurant industry that get women sidelined, or stigmatized as "difficult", if they are as ambitious or assertive as their male peers. 2023 Crush: Message in a Bottle A growing movement of winegrowers and winemakers are using eco-conscious practices to reduce their carbon footprint, merging modern and traditional techniques to infuse their craft with authenticity.
Awards and nominations
Atlantic Film Festival
External links
Categories: Official Website, Canadian Women Film Directors, Canadian Documentary Film Directors, Canadian Documentary Film Producers, Living People, Canadian Film Centre Alumni, Year Of Birth Missing, 20th-century Canadian Lgbtq People, Canadian Lgbtq Film Directors, Lgbtq Film Producers, Canadian Women Film Producers, Canadian Women Documentary Filmmakers, 21st-century Canadian Lgbtq People, Canadian Screen Award Winning Directors, Canadian People Of Hungarian Descent
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