Lara Jacqueline Fitzgerald
22 Newmarket Avenue
Toronto, ON
M4C 1V7
Tel. 416-899-1695
[email protected]
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DOCUMENTARY CREDITS
2012-2013
Director: Museum Secrets, (Season 3), “Inside the Chateau of Versailles”, 1 hour episode
in an 8-part behind-the-scenes documentary TV series on world-renowned museums.
Kensington Communications. Broadcast on History Television, National Geographic,
UKTV, BBC Knowledge Australia.
2010-2012
Researcher: Museum Secrets (Seasons 1-3). Documentary TV series on worldreknowned museums. Kensington Communications. History Television, National
Geographic, UKTV, BBC Knowledge Australia.
2012
Research and Development. Various productions, (Pier 21 Productions; Proximity Films,
Kensington Communications).
2010
Director. The Agents (Season 2). (6 X 1 hour). A fun, fast-paced lifestyle series that
follows real estate agents and their clients through the listing and buying of homes in
the GTA. Breakthrough Films and Television. W Network.
2007
Director. Plastic Makes Perfect. (10 X 1 hour). A lighthearted, fast-paced pop-doc/reality
series following real life cosmetic surgery patients myths. Breakthrough Films and
Television. Slice.
2005-2007
Director, Writer, Story Editor. Pilules. Documentary TV series on prescription drugs and
alternative treatments. 13 X 30 mins. Médiatique Inc. Tfo; Canal Vie.
2007
Director and Writer. Rosia Montana. Documentary on the environmental and political
controversy surrounding a Canadian gold mining company in Romania. Médiatique Inc.
Radio-Canada.
2004-2006
Director. Situation Critical (Seasons 1 and 2). (22 X 1 hour). A highly-charged, fast-paced
observational doc series that follows different trauma cases arriving in the emergency
room of Sunnybrook and St. Michael’s Hospitals in Toronto. Breakthrough Films and
Television. Discovery Health USA, Canada, UK, and France.
2006
Writer. Adoption. A one-hour documentary on adopted children seeking their birth
parents. Médiatique Inc., Broadcast on Canal Vie.
2005-2006
Director. Life’s Little Miracles (Season 5). 20-part reality series (20 X 1 hour) examining
the experiences of children and staff at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. Breakthrough
Films and Television Life Network, for Life Network and Discovery USA.
2005
Writer. La Chemise/Abloni. Social issues doc on the used clothing trade in North
America and Africa. Médiatique Inc. Radio-Canada, Discovery France.
2004-2006
Director. Heartbeats. (Seasons 1 and 2). Documentary reality series chronicling the
experiences of women and staff at Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hospitals in
Toronto. Breakthrough Films and Television. W Network.
2003-2005
Director. Med Students (Seasons 2 and 3). A behind-the-scenes look at the real life
challenges faced by medical students and residents McMaster University on their
journey to become doctors Breakthrough Films and Television. Life Network.
2003
Director, Writer. Toronto, une francophonie plurielle. Documentary on the immigration
experiences of four francophones landing in Toronto. Médiatique Inc. Tfo.
2002
Director, Writer. Coup de théâtre. (7 X 30 min.) A fast-paced reality series chronicling
three franco-ontarian adolescent theatre troupes from concept through rehearsals to
opening night. Médiatique Inc., Tfo.
2003-2006
Story Editor. Edited documentary scripts and assisted directors in planning the content,
visuals and structure of one-hour documentaries for television. Médiatique Inc.
1999
Writer and Director. Traces d’une histoire oubliée (Fragments of Lost History) Super
16mm, 50 minutes. The National Film Board of Canada. Radio-Canada, Tfo, Historia.
1998
Writer and Director. Mémoire Moire des souvenirs (Remembering Memory) 16mm, 53
minutes. National Film Board of Canada and Les films aux bords de l’abîme.
Tfo, Bravo, Arte/ZDF (France/Germany)
DRAMATIC CREDITS
2011-2012
Scriptwriter. Éric. Feature film. Vostok Productions. In development. Funded by
Telefilm Canada.
2006
Small Avalanches 35mm. 22 minutes
Writer, Director. Dramatic short film adapted from the Joyce Carol Oates short story
CBC. Producer: Howard Fraiberg , Light Reading Films.
2002
Scriptwriter. Once Upon a Time in the East. Dramatic feature film. Vostok Productions.
In development. Development funding: Telefilm Canada and Harold Greenberg Fund.
2001
Scènes d’enfants (Scenes from Childhood)
Light Reading Films. 35mm, 11 minutes. 2001.
Writer, Director, Producer. Dramatic short film. CBC; Radio-Canada.
2000
THERE IS NO CITY THAT DOES NOT DREAM
Light Reading Films/ Bravo!FACT. 35mm, 4 min. 2000
Writer, Director, Producer. Dramatic short film adapted from a poem by Anne Michaels.
Bravo TV.
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
Brooklyn International Film Festival, 2007, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
2006, Toronto International Film Festival, 2001; Vancouver International Film Festival, 2001;
Pesaro Film Festival, Italy 2001; Arctic Light Film Festival, Sweden 2001, 2003; Cinekid
International Film Festival, Amsterdam 2002; Guanajato International Film Festival, Mexico,
2002; Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2002; Dawson City Short Film and Video Festival,
2002, 2003; Montreal World Film Festival, 1997, 2001; Cinematheque Ontario, 1997, 2002; Zebra
Poetry and Film Festival, Berlin 2002; Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax 2001; Tokyo Video Festival,
Japan 2001; Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago 1999, 2001; Revelation Independent Film
Festival, Perth, Australia 2001; Hotdocs International Documentary Festival, Toronto 1998, 2000;
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, 1998, 2000; Columbus International Film Festival, 2000; Film
Festival of Loulé, Portugal 2000; National Gallery, Washington D.C., 1999; Festival de films Vues
d’Afrique, Montréal 1998; Festival International du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Moncton
1997; National Archives of Canada, 2000
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2007
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
2000
2000
1999, 2000
1998
1997-2001
1993-2001
Best Narrative Short Brooklyn International Film Festival (Small Avalanches)
Best Actress, Brooklyn International Film Festival (Small Avalanches)
Participant (Directors), Talent Lab, Toronto International Film Festival
Juror (Documentaries, Short dramatic films and animation films), Genie Awards,
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Special Jury Prize for Scènes d’enfants, Festival International du Cinéma de Kalamazoo
Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short, for Scènes d’enfants,
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
Honorable Mention, for Mémoire Moire des souvenirs Columbus 49th International Film
and Video Festival
Nominated for Best Historical Documentary, (Traces d’une histoire oubliée) Hotdocs
Film Festival, Toronto
Juror, Hot Docs Film Festival (Best Biography; Best Directing Awards)
Genie nomination in the category of ‘Best Documentary’
Best Director, Hotdocs International Documentary Film Festival (Mémoire Moire des
souvenirs)
Best Canadian Documentary, Hotdocs Film Festival (Mémoire Moire des souvenirs)
Juror: Ontario Arts Council (Film and Video Production; Special Projects, Visual and
Media Arts) Ontario Media Development Corporation (Documentary Calling Card) ;
Canada Council for the Arts (Creative Development; Film Production)
Trinity Square Video (Archive Collection)
Film production grants: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts
Council, NFB. Scriptwriting funding: Harold Greenberg Fund, Telefilm Canada.
EDUCATION
1992
Master of Arts, Department of French Studies
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Summer
1992
"The Language of Sight and Sound" (16mm film production)
New York University, New York
1990
Bachelor of Arts Honours, First Class, Human Geography and French Studies
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
1988-1989
Third year, French Literature, Université Laval