Anne Wheeler

• Honorific Suffix — OC • Name — Anne Wheeler • Birth Name — Dorothy Anne Wheeler • Born — 23 September 1946 • Birthplace — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • Occupation — Film director Film producer Screenwriter, Short Story Writer • Years Active — 1975–present

After graduating in mathematics from the University of Alberta, Wheeler 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 1986. In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of Anne with an E, Private Eyes, Strange Empire, The Romeo Section, The Guard, This Is Wonderland, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.

TV movies • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Writer • 1993 — The Diviners — 3-hour special • Other Women's Children • 1995 — The War Between Us • 1996 — Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story • 2002 — The Investigation • 2003 — Betrayed • 2004 — A Beachcombers Christmas • 2006 — Christmas on Chestnut Street • 2007 — Mom, Dad and Her • 2008 — Mail Order Bride • Living Out Loud • Dancing Trees (Partners in Crime) • 2009 — The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger • 2012 — The Horses of McBride • 2014 — The Color of Rain • 2015 — A Country Wedding • 2016 — Stop the Wedding — Best Direction, 2017 Leo Awards • 2023 — Friends & Family Christmas TV series • Year — Title — Notes • 1984 — For the Record — Episode 46: A Change of Heart • 1984-1985 — Global Playhouse — Episodes One's a Heifer and To Set Our House in Order (Also writer) • 1985 — The Ray Bradbury Theater — Episode The Martian • 1990 — Mom P.I. — 2 episodes • 1992 — North of 60 — 2 episodes • 1995 — Jake and the Kid — 2 episodes • 1996 — The Adventures of Shirley Holmes — Pilot • 1998 — Cold Squad — 3 episodes • The Sleep Room — Miniseries • 1998-2003 — Da Vinci's Inquest — 7 episodes • 2000 — Mysterious Ways — Episode 6:Twins • Beggars and Choosers — 1 episode • 2004-2005 — This Is Wonderland — 8 episodes • 2005 — Godiva's — 2 episode • 2006 — Jozi-H — 2 episodes • The Guard — 2 episodes • 2014 — Heartland — Episodes 5: Endings and Beginnings and 6: Steal Away • 2014 — When Calls the Heart — Episode 9: Change of Heart • 2021 — Firefly Lane — Episodes 3: Dancing Queens and 4: Love is a Battlefield