Madison Thomas
Madison Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 or 1992 (age 33–34)[1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Website | www |
Madison Thomas is an independent film and television writer and director from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[2] She is most noted for her 2022 documentary film Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On.
Career
[edit | edit source]Thomas' debut feature film was the post-apocalyptic drama, This Is Why We Fight.[3] She developed her second feature film, Ruthless Souls with assistance from Telefilm's Talent to Watch program. The film follows Jackie, an Ojibway artist from the North End, as she grieves the loss of her partner who died during gender reassignment surgery.[1] Ruthless Souls played at the 2022 Reel Pride Film Festival in Winnipeg.[4]
She has also directed episodes of the television series Taken, Burden of Truth, SkyMed and Pretty Hard Cases. She was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Editorial Research at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, for the Taken episode "Tina Fontaine".
In 2022, Thomas' documentary of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).[5] The film received an honorable mention for the Amplify Voices award at TIFF.[6] For her work on the film, Thomas received the Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary.[7]
Finality of Dusk, her third narrative feature film, premiered in 2023.[8]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Thomas grew up in Winnipeg's North End. She is of Ojibwe/Saulteaux and Russian/Ukrainian heritage.[5] She studied filmmaking at the University of Winnipeg.[9]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Work | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Writer | Director | |||
| 2013 | This is Why We Fight | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | Seven Drinks | No | No | Yes | Short |
| 2014 | Heart Wired | No | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2015 | The Middles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2016 | Hard Way Girl | Yes | No | No | Short |
| 2016 | Exposed Nerves | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2017 | Declutter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2017 | Zaaswaake | No | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2019 | Ruthless Souls | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On | No | No | Yes | |
| 2023 | Finality of Dusk | No | Yes | Yes | |
Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Work | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Writer | Director | |||
| 2017 | Orange Daisy Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Colour of Scar Tissue | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes |
| 2016-2019 | Taken | Yes | No | Yes | Directed 4 episodes, edited 11 episodes |
| 2020 | Amplify | No | Yes | Yes | Episode: "Enfolding" |
| 2020 | Voices From Here | Yes | No | No | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Burden of Truth | No | Yes | Yes | Wrote 1 episode, directed 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Wolf Joe | No | Yes | No | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | SkyMed | No | No | Yes | 2 episodes |
| 2022-23 | Pretty Hard Cases | No | No | Yes | 3 episodes |
References
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External links
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- Living people
- Métis filmmakers
- Film directors from Winnipeg
- Writers from Winnipeg
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian television directors
- Canadian women television directors
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- University of Winnipeg alumni
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Canadian women television writers
- Canadian television writers
- Screenwriters from Manitoba
- Canadian Screen Award winning directors