Aidan Shipley Explained
| Aidan Shipley |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Ontario, Canada |
| Yearsactive: | 2009–present |
| Partner: | Amanda Brugel |
Aidan Shipley (born December 11, 1992) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, most noted as co-director with Grayson Moore of the 2017 film Cardinals.[1]
Career
A native of Stratford, Ontario, he began his acting career in supporting stage roles at the Stratford Festival, before studying acting and filmmaking at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).[2] His acting roles have included appearances in the television series Overruled!, Pure Pwnage, Baxter, What's Up Warthogs!, Flashpoint and Murdoch Mysteries, and the films Vacation with Derek, Red Lights, Bunks, Running Season, The Captive and Natasha.
Shipley, Moore, Connor Illsley, and Jon Riera won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for the short film Deerbrook.[3]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 2012 | Red Lights | Tom's Soldier Son | |
| 2014 | Running Season | Connor O'Connor | Short film |
| data-sort-value="Captive, The" | The Captive | Albert | |
| 2015 | Natasha | Rufus | |
| 2017 | Separation | Jack | Short film |
| Clusterf*ck | Kevin | |
| 2018 | Edging | Crossland | |
| Acquainted | Jesse | Also as third assistant director | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 2009 | Overruled! | Vincet | Episode: "Worlds Collide" |
| 2010 | Pure Pwnage | Teenager | Guest star (2 episodes) |
| Vacation with Derek | Ben | Family Channel Original Movie |
| Baxter | Breakdancer | Episode: "Dancing Fools" |
| What's Up Warthogs! | Money Melvin | Guest star (2 episodes) |
| 2012 | Frenemies | Walker's Pal #2 | Disney Channel Original Movie |
| Flashpoint | Tobias | Episode: Broken Peace |
| 2013 | Bunks | Dean O'Reilly | Disney XD Original Movie |
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Wish Come True, A" | A Wish Come True | Joey | Hallmark Channel Original Movie |
| 2017 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mr. Denton | Episode: "Brackenreid Boudoir" | |
Filmmaker work
- Films
- Shorts films
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes |
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| width=65 | Director | width=65 | Writer | width=65 | Producer |
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| 2012 | Alan's Study | | | | Also as editor |
| 2013 | Bridges | | | | |
| 2014 | Running Season | | | | Also as assistant director |
| Dorsal | | | | |
| 2015 | Boxing | | | | |
| 2016 | Lucy in My Eyes | | | | Also as assistant director |
| 2017 | Come Back | | | | Co-director with Hannah Emily Anderson |
| Deerbrook | | | | Co-writer with Grayson Moore |
| 2018 | Memorial | | | | |
| A Girl Named C | | | | | |
Assistant director only- Glitter's Wild Women (2018)
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- Television
Awards and nominations
Notes and References
- Brad Wheeler, "Review: Cardinals is minimalist and uniquely structured". The Globe and Mail, August 30, 2018.
- https://globalnews.ca/news/922742/young-stars-talk-about-zombie-flick-bunks/ "Young stars talk about zombie flick ‘Bunks’"
- Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 28, 2019.
- Web site: The Film Festival Guild IFFW 2013 . 2023-03-22 . Film Festival Guild . en.
- Web site: Cummins. Julianna. NSI online film fest names latest winners. PlayBack. July 11, 2022. October 21, 2015.
- Web site: Mitchell. Wendy. Stockholm Film Festival to honour Vanessa Redgrave, Pablo Larrain. ScreenDaily. July 11, 2022. October 27, 2017.
- Web site: 2018 Atlanta Film Festival — Award Winners & Jurors. Atlanta Film Festival. July 11, 2022.
- Web site: Alicia. Palmarés de Sitges 2018: 'Climax' gana el premio a mejor película. No Submarines. July 11, 2022. October 15, 2018. es.
- Web site: Furdyk. Brent. Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329135139/https://etcanada.com/news/435518/canadian-screen-awards-presented-honouring-digital-storytellers-complete-list-of-winners/. dead. March 29, 2019. ET Canada. July 11, 2022. March 28, 2019.
