Jeremiah Hayes (filmmaker)

Jeremiah Hayes is a Canadian film director, writer and editor.[2][3] He is most noted as co-director, co-writer and the editor of the film Reel Injun,[4] for which he won the Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010.[5] Hayes is also recognized for his work editing Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World,[6] for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.[7] Reel Injun went on to win a Peabody Award for Best Electronic Media in 2011[8] and Rumble won the Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling at Sundance Film Festival in 2017.[9]

Jeremiah Hayes [1]

As a director, his other award winning credits include Elefanti (1989),[10] Silence & Storm (1995),[11] God Comes As a Child (1998),[12][13] and The Prom (1998).[14]

His other credits as an editor include such award winning films as Tia & Piujuq (2018),[15] Above the Drowning Sea (2017),[16] Sol (2014),[17] The Wolverine: The Fight of the James Bay Cree (2014),[18] Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women (2013),[19] The Last Explorer (2009), Inside the Great Magazines (2007),[20] Vendetta Song (2005),[21] and Unbreakable Minds (2004).[22]

Jeremiah is currently directing and producing a feature documentary entitled Dear Audrey about the life of Canadian filmmaker Martin Duckworth, and his wife Audrey Schirmer's struggle with Alzheimer's. Dear Audrey is produced by SwingDog Films, Cineflix Media Inc, The National Film Board of Canada, and The Super Channel.

Honors

In 2010, Hayes was awarded a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program for his work co-directing on Reel Injun.[23] In 2018, he would win the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary for his work editing Rumble.[6] Reel Injun won a Peabody Award for Best Electronic Media in 2011[8] and Rumble[6] won the Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling at Sundance Film Festival in 2017.[9]

Other honors are listed in the filmography below.

Personal life

Born in Walnut Creek, California on April 18, 1966.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Film Production at Concordia University Montreal in 1990.

Son of Jeremiah F. Hayes who is recognized in the field of Electrical Engineering.

Filmography
Year Title Contribution Description Honors
1989 Elefanti [10] Director, Editor, Camera, Producer 15 minute

documentary

(TVO)

 -Best Short Documentary, Melbourne International Film Festival, 1990.

-Best 16mm production, Montreal International Young Film Festival, 1990.

-Special Commendation, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 1990.

-Best Final Year Production, Concordia University, 1989.

1995 Silence & Storm [11] Director, Editor, Camera 52 minute

documentary

(NFB, TVO)

 -Bronze Apple Award, Santa Barbara Educational Film Festival, 1996.[24]

-Season Opener for TVO's From the Heart series, 1996.

1998 God Comes As a Child [12][13] Director, Editor, Camera, Producer 25 minute

documentary

(CBC, CBC NEWS

WORLD, VISION, WTN)

 -Bronze Plaque, Columbus Ohio International Film Festival, 1998.

-Best Short, Nominee, HotDocs Documentary Film Festival, 1998.

-Selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, 1998.

-Season Opener for CBC's Man Alive series, 1998.

-Special Commendation, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 1998.

-Special Commendation, Houston International Film Festival, 1990.

1998 The Prom [14] Director, Editor, Camera 52 minute

documentary

(NFB, CTV, TVO, TVQ)

 -Honorable Mention, Worthington Columbus International Film Festival, 1998.

-Season Opener for TVO's A View From Hear series, 1998.

2001 Shrinkage [25] Editor 45 min. documentary

(CBC, VISION)
2001 Coming Out [26] Lead Editor 90 minute

documentary

(LIFE)
2002 Cirque for Life [27] Editor 52 minute

documentary

(CBC, LIFE)
2002 She Got Game [28] Editor 90 minute

documentary

(CBC, LIFE, TVO, TVQ)

 -Gold Aurora Award.

-Guirlande d’Honneur, Sports

Movies & TV Int. Festival, Milan.

-Best Documentary, Temecula

Valley Int. Film and Music

Festival, California.

-Chris Statuette, Columbus

International Film Festival.

-Recognized by the International

Olympic Committee, FICTS

(Federation Internationale

Cinema Television Sportif); Milan

(2003).

2004 Unbreakable Minds [22] Editor, Writer 56 minute

documentary

(VISION)
2005 Vendetta Song [21] Editor, Writer, Camera 52 minute

documentary

(NFB, VISION)

 -CIDA Prize for Best Canadian Documentary on International Development at Hot Docs 2005 Quebec Film.[29]

-Critics Association Best Medium Length Documentary, Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, 2005.[29]

-Best Documentary Award, Female Eye Film Festival, 2005.[29]

-Best Documentary, Calgary International Film Festival.

-3rd prize at the International Women's Film Festival, Torino Italy.

2007 Inside the Great Magazines [30] Editor, Writer 3 x 1 hour

documentary series

(Global)
2007 Canadaville U.S.A.[31] Editor, Writer 90 minute

documentary

(CBC, Tele-Quebec)

 -Hugo Television Awards, Chicago Film Festival Merit Prize for Social Political Documentary. [32]
2009 The Last Explorer [33] Editor, Writer 90 minute drama

(APTN)
2009 Reel Injun [4] Director, Editor, Writer 90 minute

documentary

(PBS, CBC, NFB)

 -Best Direction in a Documentary Program, Gemini Award, 2010.[34][5]

-Best Electronic Media, Peabody Award, 2011.[8]

-The Canada Award for Best Multicultural Program, Gemini Awards, 2010.

-Special Founders Prize, Spirit Award, Nonfiction Jury Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2011.

-Best Documentary Feature, Fargo Film Festival, 2011.[35]

-Best Use of Footage in a Factual Program, FOCAL International Awards, 2011.[36]

-Best International Indigenous Entry, Mana Wairoa Film Awards, 2010.[37]

2010 Down the Mighty River [38] Editor, Writer 6 x 1/2 hour

documentary series

(APTN)

 -Best Documentary Series, Gemini Award Nomination, 2010.
2010 The Uluit: Champions of the North [39] Editor 5 x 1/2 hour

documentary series

(APTN)

 -Best Documentary Series, Gemini Award Nomination, 2010.
2013 Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women [40] Editor, Writer, Camera 90 minute

documentary

(Radio Canada)

 -Best Documentary at Crown Heights Film Festival.[41]
2013 Big Wind [42] Editor, Writer, Camera 90 minute

documentary

(TVO)
2013 Space Race 2 Editor 76 minute

documentary

(CTV)
2014 The Wolverine: The Fight of the James Bay Cree [43] Editor, Writer 10 minute

documentary

(Rezolution Pictures)
2014 Sol [44] Editor 90 minute

documentary

(Super Chanel)

 -Grand Prize for Best Canadian Feature at the RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival, 2014.[45]

-Canada's Top Ten feature films of 2014 by the Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF).[46]

-Best Documentary Program at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, 2016.

2017 Above the Drowning Sea[47] Editor, Post Production Supervisor 90 minute

documentary

(Time & Rhythm Cinema Inc.)

 -Golden Dragon Award for Best Documentary, Ferrara Film Festival, 2018.[48]

-Best Documentary at the Hamilton Film Festival, 2018.[49]

-Honorable Mention, New Jersey International Film Festival, 2018.[50]

-Honorable Mention, Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, 2019.[51]

-Best Documentary Award at the Sunrise Film Festival Nova Scotia, 2019.[52]

2017 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World [6][53] Editor, Camera 90 minute

documentary

(Movie Network, ARTE,

APTN, SCR/RDI, ARTV)

 -Canadian Screen Awards for Best Feature Length Documentary, 2017.

-Canadian Screen Awards for Best Editing in a Documentary, 2017.

-Canadian Screen Awards for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, 2017. -Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling, Sundance Film Festival in 2017.[9]

-Canada's Top Ten feature films of 2017 by the Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF).[54]

-Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2017.

-Vitruvian Award at the DaVinci Film Festival, 2018.[55]

-Audience Award at the Biografilm Festival, 2017.[56]

-Best Music Documentary, Boulder International Film Festival 2017.

2018 Tia & Piujuq [57][58] Editor 80 minute drama

(APTN)

 - Best Children's Film, Indianer Inuit Das Nordamerika FilmFestival, Stuttgart Germany 2020.[59]

- Best Fim, Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, France 2019.[60]

- Children’s Selection, Festival du Film Canadien de Dieppe, France 2019.

2020 The Real Neanderthal Editor 52 minute documentary

(CBC, The Nature of Things)
2021

(Currently in post production)

 Dear Audrey Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Camera, Location Sound 90 minute documentary

(Cineflix Media, The Super Channel, NFB)

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