Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard is the creator and showrunner on the space opera series Vagrant Queen released in 2020, and the award winning mockumentary webseries Android Employed, which ran from 2017 to 2018. They directed the fourth series of comedy-drama You Me Her in 2019, and episodes of Wynonna Earp and . Garrard has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Mech-X4 and won a Leo Award in 2018.
Jem Garrard identifies as queer and non-binary. They live in Vancouver, BC with their family.[1]
| Year | Title | Position | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Playground | Director, cinematographer | Season 1, 4 eps. | [2] |
| 2015 | Guns to Mics | Documentary | [3] | |
| 2016 | The Switch | Director, Story Editor | Season 1 | [4] |
| Murderer Upstairs | Director | TV movie | [5] | |
| 2017 | Christmas at Holly Lodge | |||
| 2017-2018 | Android Employed | Creator, Director | Season 1 + 2, 8 eps. | [6] |
| Mech-X4 | Director | Season 2, 4 eps. | [7] | |
| 2018 | Cooking with Love | TV movie | ||
| Killer High | [8] | |||
| 2019 | You Me Her | Season 4 | [9] | |
| 2020 | Vagrant Queen | Executive Producer, Director, Created for Television by, Showrunner | [10] | |
| 2021 | Wynonna Earp | Director | Season 4, Episode #46: "Crazy" | |
| Day of the Dead | Episodes 8-10: "To Anyone Who Can Hear My Voice"/ "Death Comes to Paymart" | |||
| 2022 | Charmed | Episode 66: "Cats And Camels and Elephants, Oh My" | ||
| 2023 | Nancy Drew | Episode 52: "The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil" | ||
| 2024 | Sight Unseen | Director | "Sunny", "Mia" | |
| Slay | Director, writer |
| Year | Awarding Body/Event | Award | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | LAIFF July Award for Best Comedy/Dramedy | The Wolf Who Came to Dinner | [11] | ||
| 2016 | Juggernaut: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival | Hecate Female Filmmaker Award | |||
| Canada Shorts Film Festival | Disappeared | ||||
| East Van Showcase | Jury Prize for Best Short Film | Haunted Saloon | |||
| 2018 | Banff Rockie Award for Best Digital Fiction Series | Android Employed | |||
| Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series | [12] | ||||
| Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series | [13] | ||||
| Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series | Android Employed, episode "The Second Unit Team" | [14] | |||
| Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series | Mech-X4, episode "X4 Versus The Dark Night" | [15] | |||
| 2019 | Outstanding Directing for a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program | Mech-X4 | [16] | ||
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Killer High | [17] | |||