Carly Stone

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- Born
- 1990 · Toronto.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- film director
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• Name — Carly Stone • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Known for — Winning the 2018 SXSW festival jury prize for best first feature film • Occupation — Dancer, writer, film director Carly Stone is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
Personal life
Stone was born and raised in Toronto, by parents who were immigrants from South Africa. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English and Writing Studies in 2011. She and her lawyer husband make their home in Toronto.
Career
Prior to directing her first feature film, The New Romantic. She worked as a writer for the television series Kim's Convenience. The New Romantic premiered in March 2018, at the South by Southwest Festival. Her second feature film, North of Normal, premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

Carly Stone.
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- 1.'Romantic' effort finding indie success for alumna. Western News. 2018-04-19.
- 2.Radheyan Simonpillai, "10 Canadian films to watch at TIFF 2022". Now, August 17, 2022.
- 3.Andrew Parker. Old School, New School: Writer-director Carly Stone on The New Romantic. TheGATE.ca. 2018-10-17.
- 4.Chandler Levack. How first-time Canadian filmmaker Carly Stone's rom-com became the toast of SXSW. The Globe and Mail. 2018-03-30.
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