Canadian filmmaker
Peg Campbell is a Canadian filmmaker.[1] She is most noted for her short films It's a Party!, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Genie Awards,[2] and In Search of the Last Good Man, which won the same award at the 11th Genie Awards.[3]
Her other films have included Street Kids (1985), a documentary about youth homelessness;[4] Too Close for Comfort (1990), a short docudrama about an HIV-positive teenager;[5] and Your Mother Should Know (2008), a documentary film about mother-daughter relationships.[6]
She is a professor of film and video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[7]
References
- ^ "Keeping an eye on the dark side: Filmmaker Peg Campbell has turned her camera on wife assault, racism and street kids. Her latest focus is an educational film about AIDS". The Globe and Mail, December 1, 1990.
- ^ "Genie promises skits both dramatic, comic". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1987.
- ^ "Jesus of Montreal in near sweep: Vancouver actress wins a Genie award". Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1990.
- ^ "Front line in the Film Board battle". Vancouver Sun, January 18, 1986.
- ^ "Reaction of teens disturbs film-maker". Vancouver Sun, November 30, 1990.
- ^ "Mothers and daughters featured at screening of two films". Bowen Island Undercurrent, February 26, 2009.
- ^ "Film students learn art, pursue careers; Emily Carr University's internship program offers field work, course credits". Vancouver Sun, September 16, 2008.
