Madison Thomas
Born1991 or 1992 (age 31–32)[1]
OccupationFilmmaker
Websitewww.madisonthomasfilm.com

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

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

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

Film

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

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

  1. ^ a b King, Randall (2018-06-30). "Indigenous filmmaking talent to watch". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. ^ Randall King, "Winnipeg filmmaker's doc chronicling life of music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie gets TIFF premiere". CBC News Winnipeg, September 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Light, Whitney (2015-11-30). "Is Winnipeg at the Forefront of Canada's Aboriginal Film Scene?". Vice. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  4. ^ King, Randall (2020-10-13). "Reel Pride film fest set to celebrate 35 years". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Hammond, Pete (September 18, 2022). "Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' Wins Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award". Deadline. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "Winners Announced for 21st Annual DGC Awards". www.newswire.ca. 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  8. ^ "Film ‘Finality Of Dusk’ Receives its World Premiere". Occhimag, November 3, 2023.
  9. ^ Friesen, Jenna (2012-02-29). "Train's passengers served as sounding board for screenplay". The Uniter. Retrieved 2022-12-05.

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