Years active 1975–present Name Anne Wheeler | Role Film writer Education University of Alberta | |
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Full Name Dorothy Anne Wheeler Born September 23, 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-09-23 ) Edmonton, Alberta Occupation Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter Relatives Brothers Harry Benjamin, Kenneth Philip and Alan Edmund Children Quincy Wheeler-Hendren, Morgan Wheeler-Hendren, Alexander Izov Parents Nellie Rose Wheeler, Ben Wheeler Siblings Kenneth Philip Wheeler, Harry Benjamin Wheeler, Alan Edmund Wheeler Movies Better Than Chocolate, Knockout, Bye Bye Blues, Suddenly Naked, Edge of Madness Similar People Karyn Dwyer, Wendy Crewson, Babz Chula, Daniel Magder, Peter Outerbridge | ||
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Anne Wheeler, OC (born September 23, 1946 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director. Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, A War Story (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films Bye Bye Blues (1989) and The War Between Us (1995). Her first non-NFB film was Loyalties in 1987.
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In addition to her films, she has directed episodes of Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest, Mysterious Ways, This Is Wonderland and The Guard.
She has been nominated four times for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for her films Loyalties (1987), Cowboys Don't Cry (1988), Bye Bye Blues (1989), and Suddenly Naked (2001). Her 1998 television miniseries, The Sleep Room, won Gemini awards for best television movie and best direction.
In 2017 she won a Leo Award for Best Direction (Television Film) for the Hallmark movie Stop the Wedding.
She has also been awarded seven honorary doctorates. In 1995 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2012 she received Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal