Catherine Martin (director) explained

Catherine Martin (born 1958) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.^[1]

Martin was born in Hull, Quebec. A graduate of the film studies program at Concordia University,^[2] she made a number of short films, including the "Shirley Bear" segment of the anthology film Five Feminist Minutes, before releasing her debut feature film Marriages (Mariages) in 2001.^[3] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2001,^[4] and Martin received a Genie Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Genie Awards.^[5]

She followed up with the documentary film Ocean (Océan) in 2002, which was again named to that year's Canada's Top Ten list.^[6] In 2006 she released both the documentary film The Spirit of Places (L'Esprit des lieux)^[7] and the narrative feature film In the Cities (Dans les villes).^[8]

In 2010 she released Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna),^[9] which again made the Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.^[10]

In 2011 she collaborated with musicians Sebastien Grainger, Dan Werb and Jennifer Castle on a short film about the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, as part of the National Parks Project.^[11]

She has since released the feature film Une jeune fille in 2013,^[12] and the documentary film Some of My Friends (Certains de mes amis) in 2017.^[13]

Notes and References

1. https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/519748/les-fines-antennes-de-catherine-martin "Les fines antennes de Catherine Martin"
2. http://ctr.concordia.ca/2002-03/March_27/12-catherinemartin/index.shtml "Grad Catherine Martin finds poetry in filmmaking"
3. http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/mariages-catherine-martin/ "Mariages – Film de Catherine Martin"
4. "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner, December 20, 2001.
5. "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001.
6. http://www.filmstudies.ca/ARCH_canadatop2002.htm "Canada's Top Ten 2002"
7. https://revue24images.com/les-critiques/lesprit-des-lieux/ "L'Esprit des lieux - Catherine Martin"
8. http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/dans-les-villes-catherine-martin/ "Dans les villes – Film de Catherine Martin"
9. http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/trois-temps-apres-mort-anna-catherine-martin/ "Trois temps après la mort d’Anna – Film de Catherine Martin"
10. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/canadas-top-ten-for-2010/ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010"
11. https://nowtoronto.com/music/a-trip-through-the-national-parks-project/ "A trip through the National Parks Project"
12. http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/une-jeune-fille-catherine-martin/ "Une jeune fille – Film de Catherine Martin"
13. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/519119/catherine-martin-ou-la-quete-lumineuse "«Certains de mes amis»: Catherine Martin ou la quête lumineuse"