Madison Thomas
Madison Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 or 1992 (age 32–33)[1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Website | www |
Madison Thomas is an independent film and television writer and director from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[2] She is most noted for her 2022 documentary film Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On.
Career
[edit]Thomas' debut feature film was the post-apocalyptic drama, This Is Why We Fight.[3] She developed her second feature film, Ruthless Souls with assistance from Telefilm's Talent to Watch program. The film follows Jackie, an Ojibway artist from the North End, as she grieves the loss of her partner who died during gender reassignment surgery.[1] Ruthless Souls played at the 2022 Reel Pride Film Festival in Winnipeg.[4]
She has also directed episodes of the television series Taken, Burden of Truth, SkyMed and Pretty Hard Cases. She was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Editorial Research at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, for the Taken episode "Tina Fontaine".
In 2022, Thomas' documentary of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).[5] The film received an honorable mention for the Amplify Voices award at TIFF.[6] For her work on the film, Thomas received the Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary.[7]
Finality of Dusk, her third narrative feature film, premiered in 2023.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Thomas grew up in Winnipeg's North End. She is of Ojibwe/Saulteaux and Russian/Ukrainian heritage.[5] She studied filmmaking at the University of Winnipeg.[9]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Work | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Writer | Director | |||
| 2013 | This is Why We Fight | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | Seven Drinks | No | No | Yes | Short |
| 2014 | Heart Wired | No | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2015 | The Middles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2016 | Hard Way Girl | Yes | No | No | Short |
| 2016 | Exposed Nerves | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2017 | Declutter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2017 | Zaaswaake | No | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2019 | Ruthless Souls | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On | No | No | Yes | |
| 2023 | Finality of Dusk | No | Yes | Yes | |
Television
[edit]| Year | Work | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Writer | Director | |||
| 2017 | Orange Daisy Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Colour of Scar Tissue | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes |
| 2016-2019 | Taken | Yes | No | Yes | Directed 4 episodes, edited 11 episodes |
| 2020 | Amplify | No | Yes | Yes | Episode: "Enfolding" |
| 2020 | Voices From Here | Yes | No | No | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Burden of Truth | No | Yes | Yes | Wrote 1 episode, directed 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Wolf Joe | No | Yes | No | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | SkyMed | No | No | Yes | 2 episodes |
| 2022-23 | Pretty Hard Cases | No | No | Yes | 3 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ a b King, Randall (2018-06-30). "Indigenous filmmaking talent to watch". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Randall King, "Winnipeg filmmaker's doc chronicling life of music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie gets TIFF premiere". CBC News Winnipeg, September 8, 2022.
- ^ Light, Whitney (2015-11-30). "Is Winnipeg at the Forefront of Canada's Aboriginal Film Scene?". Vice. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ King, Randall (2020-10-13). "Reel Pride film fest set to celebrate 35 years". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ a b King, Randall (2022-10-07). "A taste of Manitoba: Locally shot and produced films going to Toronto International Film Festival". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Hammond, Pete (September 18, 2022). "Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' Wins Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award". Deadline. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ "Winners Announced for 21st Annual DGC Awards". www.newswire.ca. 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Film ‘Finality Of Dusk’ Receives its World Premiere". Occhimag, November 3, 2023.
- ^ Friesen, Jenna (2012-02-29). "Train's passengers served as sounding board for screenplay". The Uniter. Retrieved 2022-12-05.