Laurie Colbert
Laurie Colbert is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with Dominique Cardona. The duo are most noted for their 1999 short film Below the Belt, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2000, and their feature film Margarita, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2012.
Laurie Colbert
- Born
- 1958 · Toronto.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- film producer · screenwriter · director
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Laurie Colbert is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with Dominique Cardona. The duo are most noted for their 1999 short film Below the Belt, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2000, and their feature film Margarita, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2012.
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Their other films have included the documentary shorts Thank God I'm a Lesbian (1992) and My Feminism (1997), and the feature films Finn's Girl (2007) and Catch and Release (2018). Finn wrote Finn's Girl, but she and Cardona co-conceived the idea for the film. Separately from Cardona, Colbert was an assistant director on Naomi McCormack's short film The Hangman's Bride.
Laurie Colbert (born 1958) is a Canadian film producer, screenwriter and director.
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- 1.Seana Stevenson, "Catch and Release Interview: Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert". The Muff Blog, July 13, 2020.
- 2."Maelstrom leads Genie nominations with 10 including best picture". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, December 13, 2000.
- 3."Margarita grabs audience award at Inside Out Festival". Playback, June 1, 2012.
- 4.Lindsay Brown, "Thank God I'm a Lesbian: Fascinating look at gay issues". Halifax Daily News, October 1, 1993.
- 5.Janice Kennedy, "Why the F-word is dangerous: Feminism still thrives -- although fewer people say they're feminists". Ottawa Citizen, May 27, 1998.
- 6."Finn's Girl". Variety, June 28, 2007.
- 7.Chris Knight, "Catch and Release doesn't bring enough nuance to abortion debate". National Post, July 16, 2020.
- 8.Eisner, Ken. How Laurie Colbert raised Finn's Girl on a shoestring. The Georgia Straight. 2008-06-04.
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