Kim McCraw explained

Kim McCraw
Birth Place:	Granby, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:	Film producer Director's assistant
Alma Mater:	Cégep de Granby

Kim McCraw (born) is a Canadian film producer and co-founder of the Montreal-based production company micro_scope, with Luc Déry.^[1]

She was born in Granby, Quebec, and after graduating from Cégep de Granby became a director's assistant.^{[2] [3]}

McCraw met Dery while working on a short film in Granby.^[2] It was in 2004 that she joined the micro_scope team as a producer, and subsequently became a co-shareholder.^[4] With Dery, McCraw specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada".^[1] Their films Incendies (2010) and Monsieur Lazhar (2011) both won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture,^{[5] [6]} and both were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1] McCraw co-produced Inch'Allah and personally went to Jordan to work on the film.^[7] She later produced Gabrielle (2013), which competed at the Locarno Film Festival.^[8]

Filmography

Her films include:^[9]

• Familia - 2005
• Congorama - 2006
• Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) - 2007
• It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) - 2008
• Incendies - 2010
• Monsieur Lazhar - 2011
• Familiar Grounds - 2011
• Inch'Allah - 2012
• Enemy - 2013
• You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) - 2014
• My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) - 2015
• Allure - 2017
• For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) - 2018
• My Salinger Year - 2020
• Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) - 2021
• The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) - 2022

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canadian company has global goal . Kelly . Brendan . 18 February 2012 . 26 March 2017 . Variety.
2. Web site: Luc Déry et Kim McCraw: les Oscars, deux ans de suite . Petrowski . Nathalie . 25 February 2012 . 27 March 2017 . La Presse.
3. Web site: Le rêve d'une vie de Kim McCraw . Tasse . Michel . 26 January 2011 . 27 March 2017 . La Presse.
4. Web site: Luc Déry et Kim McCraw. La Presse. fr. 2011-01-29. 2021-10-01.
5. Web site: Incendies dominates Genies with eight trophies . Vlessing . Etan . 11 March 2011 . 26 March 2017 . Playback.
6. Web site: Monsieur Lazhar sweeps Genies, Philippe Falardeau named best director . Vlessing . Etan . 8 March 2012 . 26 March 2017 . Playback.
7. Web site: Best of the Year: micro_scope . Ritchie . Kevin . 14 December 2011 . 26 March 2017 . Playback.
8. Web site: Quebec films to lead Canadian contingent competing in Locarno . Vlessing . Etan . 17 July 2013 . 26 March 2017 . Playback.
9. Web site: Kim McCraw . https://web.archive.org/web/20170519192609/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd89513de . dead . May 19, 2017 . 19 May 2017 . British Film Institute.