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Jennifer Baichwal

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 1965 (59) | Montreal (Canada)
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. ()

Jennifer Baichwal, director and producer, was born in Montréal and came to documentary filmmaking through studies in philosophy and theology at her hometown’s McGill University. She debuted 15 years ago with Looking You in the Back of the Head. Her first feature-length film, Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998), was screened at a number of festivals and took Best Biography at the 1999 Hot Docs festival. In 1998 she and partner Nick de Pencier founded Mercury Films, and there she has produced, among other films, her own works The Holier It Gets and The True Meaning of Pictures, as well as the multiply-awarded festival favorite Manufactured Landscapes (about the work of artist Edward Burtynsky), one of the most noteworthy Canadian documentaries of the decade.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | History

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Movies with Jennifer Baichwal as Actress(1)

as herself2008 Capturing Reality

Movies with Jennifer Baichwal as Crew(15)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Swan Song
Directing/Director2018 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Writing/Screenplay2018 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Crew/Technical Advisor2015 Kandahar Journals
Directing/Director2013 Watermark
Writing/Writer2013 Watermark
Directing/Director2012 Payback
Directing/Director2009 Act of God
Production/Producer2009 Act of God
Directing/Director2006 Manufactured Landscapes
Production/Producer2006 Manufactured Landscapes

Full Name: Jennifer Baichwal
Citizenship: Canada
Born: 1965 in Montreal (Canada) (current age: 59 years)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: McGill University
Jennifer Baichwal frequently works together with these people:
Edward Burtynsky (5x, Crew)
Daniel Iron (5x, Crew)
Nick de Pencier (4x, Crew)
Louie Palu (4x, Crew)
Chelsea McMullan (3x, Crew)
Pepita Ferrari (3x, Crew)
Sean O'Neill (3x, Cast)
Roland Schlimme (2x, Crew)
Paul Auster (2x, Crew)
Gabriella Romano (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:457566, Added: 09/29/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024