Norma Bailey

Norma Bailey graduated from the University of Manitoba and began her film career as a production assistant on David Cronenberg’s Rabid. She joined the National Film Board of Canada, and her first short, The Performer (1980), made for the Canada Vignettes series, won a jury prize for short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Bailey has since then had an extensive career writing, producing, and directing numerous shorts, documentaries, features, and television dramas including The Sheldon Kennedy Story for CTV, Cowboys and Indians: The Killing of J. J. Harper for CBC and the Genie Award–winning Bordertown Café in 1992, which was an adaptation of a play by Kelly Rebar. Norma Bailey also served as a producer for a four-part series Daughters of the Country about aboriginal women's interactions with white society.

• Year — Title — Award — Result • 2019 — Mary Kills People — Outstanding Directorial Achievement - Movies for Television and Mini-Series — Winner • 2013 — An Officer and a Murderer — DGC Team Award - Television and Mini-Series — Nominee • 2011 — The Devil's Teardrop — DGC Craft Award - Direction - Television Movie/Mini-Series — Nominee • 2011 — The Devil's Teardrop — DGC Team Award - Television and Mini-Series — Nominee • 2010 — Too Late to Say Goodbye — DGC Craft Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Television Movie/Mini-Series — Winner • 2009 — The Capture of the Green River Killer — DGC Craft Award - Direction - Television Movie/Mini-Series — Winner • 2006 — Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit — DGC Team Award - Outstanding Documentary — Nominee • 2004 — Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story — DGC Craft Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Television Movie or Mini-Series — Nominee

• Year — Title — Award — Result • 2003 — Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story — American Indian Movie Award - Best Director — Winner • 2003 — Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story — American Indian Movie Award - Best Film — Nominee

• Year — Title — Award — Result • 1980 — Canada Vignettes: The Performer — Jury Prize - Best Short Film — Winner • 1980 — Canada Vignettes: The Performer — Palme d'Or - Best Short Film — Nominee

• Year — Title — Award — Result • 2020 — Mary Kills People — Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Dramatic Series — Winner • 2019 — Mary Kills People — Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Dramatic Series — Winner • 2013 — The Pastor's Wife — Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Nominee

• Year — Title — Award — Result • 2008 — The Capture of the Green River Killer — Gemini - Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Nominee • 2007 — Eight Days to Live — Gemini - Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Nominee • 2004 — Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story — Gemini - Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Nominee • 2000 — The Sheldon Kennedy Story — Gemini - Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Nominee • 1987 — Ikwe — Gemini - Best Pay TV Dramatic Program or Series — Winner • 1987 — Ikwe — Gemini - Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Nominee

• Year — Title — Award — Result • 1981 — Nose and Tina — Best Documentary Under 30 Minutes — Winner • Best Director of a Documentary — Winner