Chelsea McMullan (they/them) is a leading voice in Canadian cinema. An award-winning director, writer and producer, McMullan’s visually striking and formally ambitious films are powered by their depth of storytelling and intimacy with characters. Their films have screened at Sundance, TIFF, the BFI London Film Festival and Lincoln Center, among other festivals internationally. Their 2024 documentary feature and limited series Swan Song (TIFF Gala Premiere/CBC/STARZ) received the $50,000 Toronto Film Critics Prize for Best Canadian Documentary, the DGC Prize for Best Direction, and The Globe and Mail named them Artist of the Year. Previous features include Ever Deadly (TIFF Premiere/Kino Lorber/NFB), Crystal Pite: Angels’ Atlas (VIFF Premiere/CBC), Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John (True/False Premiere/NFB) and My Prairie Home (Sundance Premiere/NFB). They’ve directed episodic television for Netflix, Crave and the CBC, including the forthcoming Beverly Glenn-Copeland children’s pilot Caring Cabin (Criterion Channel). They’ve directed commercials for clients including Gucci, Vogue Italia and a forthcoming campaign for Bvlgari. They live in Toronto with their partner and collaborator Douglas Nayler Jr. and their dog-children Zeus and Ruby.
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Chelsea McMullan (they/them) is a leading voice in Canadian cinema. An award-winning director, writer and producer, McMullan’s visually striking and formally ambitious films are powered by their depth of storytelling and intimacy with characters. Their films have screened at Sundance, TIFF, the BFI London Film Festival and Lincoln Center, among other festivals internationally. Their 2024 documentary feature and limited series Swan Song (TIFF Gala Premiere/CBC/STARZ) received the $50,000 Toronto Film Critics Prize for Best Canadian Documentary, the DGC Prize for Best Direction, and The Globe and Mail named them Artist of the Year. Previous features include Ever Deadly (TIFF Premiere/Kino Lorber/NFB), Crystal Pite: Angels’ Atlas (VIFF Premiere/CBC), Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John (True/False Premiere/NFB) and My Prairie Home (Sundance Premiere/NFB). They’ve directed episodic television for Netflix, Crave and the CBC, including the forthcoming Beverly Glenn-Copeland children’s pilot Caring Cabin (Criterion Channel). They’ve directed commercials for clients including Gucci, Vogue Italia and a forthcoming campaign for Bvlgari. They live in Toronto with their partner and collaborator Douglas Nayler Jr. and their dog-children Zeus and Ruby.