Carys Lewis
Represented by: Meaghan Denomme- Resume
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Resume
| Directing | |
| Filmmaker in Residence | Welsh National Opera (2017-2018) |
| Don’t Touch the Art | Lust Films (2018) |
| Stuffed | BFI Beacons Short Film (2017) |
| Afiach (Sick) | Iris Prize Festival (2016) |
| Ernest | Short Film (2016) |
| Off Trac | Short Film – BFI Network (2015) |
| Straight From the Hip | Interview Series (Creator/Director) |
| Venus in Fur | Canadian Stage Company (Assistant Director) |
| Brantwood | Sheridan College (Co-Director) |
| What Makes A Man | Necessary Angel Theatre Company (Assistant Director) |
| Airport Tale | New Ideas Festival (Director) |
| Writing | |
| How Black Mothers Say I Love You | Pilot – in development with Conquering Lion Pictures/CBC |
| White Girl Magic | Pilot – in development with CBC |
| Blue Mother | Feature Film – in development with Ffilm Cymru Wales |
| Don’t Touch the Art | Lust Films (2018) |
| How Black Mothers Say I Love You | Feature Film – in development with Conquering Lion Pictures |
| Stuffed | BFI Beacons Short Film Fund (2017) |
| Off Trac | Feature Film – in development with BFI |
| Cottage High | Short Film (2015) |
| Women on Screen | Short Film Incubator (2014) |
| The Necessary Angle | Artist Interviews (2014) |
| Nine Mile Portage | Theatre by the Bay (2014) |
| Beyond the Pail | Calgary Fringe Festival (2011) |
| Arts Programming | |
| FEM Script Lab | Founder – Screenwriting Lab Toronto (2015-present) |
| SHIFFT Script Lab | Founder – Screenwriting Lab Cardiff (2018-present) |
| Heart of Wales Project | Get Creative BBC (2017) |
| SHIFFT | Female Filmmakers Event – Cardiff (2016) |
| Berlin Film Society | Programming Coordinator (2015) |
| JSANO School of the Arts | Instructor (2014) |
| Producing | |
| Trey Anthony Productions | Documentary Film and Theatre Production (2015) |
| SummerWorks | Associate Producer (2016) |
| Luminato Festival | Education and Community Outreach Coordinator (2012); Intern Assistant of Family Education and Outreach Programming (2010) |
| The Toronto Fringe Festival | TD Artist and Youth Outreach Coordinator (2013) |
| Common Roof Theatre | Co-Producer (2015) |
| Necessary Angel Theatre Company | Assistant Producer and Emerging Director (2014) |
| Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – The Rhubarb Festival | Festival Assistant (2014) |
| Grants/Awards | |
| 2019 BAFTA Cymru Award Nomination for STUFFED
2019 BFI Selects Participant, London Film Festival |
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| Ontario Arts Council Media Projects: FEM Script Lab | |
| Connectors Project Fund (Ffilm Cymru Wales) | |
| 2014 Best Achievement in Fiction Screenwriting: (Nominated) Peter Gerretsen Film Awards | |
| 2010 Edna Khubyar Acting Award | |
| 2007 Garfield Weston Scholarship: National Scholarship | |
| Education | |
| Ryerson University – The Chang School | Screenwriting (2012) |
| George Brown Theatre School | Theatre Arts (2007-2010) |
Demo Reel
Photo Gallery
Press & Links
Website: www.caryslewis.ca
Welsh National Opera – Filmmaker In Residence:
http://www.internationalartsmanager.com/features/filming-an-operatic-theme.html
https://wno.org.uk/news/tymor-rhyddid-archwilior-themâu
How Black Mothers Say I Love You – Feature:
https://ebosscanada.com/congratulations-to-trey-anthony-carys-lewis/
https://byblacks.com/entertainment/stage/item/1570-how-black-mothers-say-i-love-you-returns-and-gets-a-movie-deal
BFI Short Film – Stuffed:
http://www.ffilmcymruwales.com/index.php/en/news-and-events/530-beacons-shorts-highlight-welsh-film-flair
Iris Prize Short Film – Afiach:
https://www.irisprize.org/film/afiach/?t=p&cat=45&prog=1&i=41
http://ffilmcymruwales.com/index.php/en/news-and-events/629-welsh-language-lgbt-short-film-scheme-returns
Theatr Clwyd – Writer in Residence:
https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/get-involved/artist-development/writer-in-residence/
Film Hub Wales:
https://www.filmhubwales.org/en/carys-lewis/