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Naomi McCormack

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Naomi McCormack is a Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, theatre director and arts administrator.[1] She is most noted for her 1996 film The Hangman's Bride, which won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 18th Genie Awards.[2]

The twin sister of writer and legal educator Judith McCormack, she also directed a short film adaptation of her sister's short story "Plural" in 2011.[3] She has also taught film studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Humber College, directed the documentary films Amazing Grace: Trapeze and Transcendence (1999) and Out of the Question: Women, Media and the Art of Inquiry (2009), and was credited as a producer on Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert's 2018 film Catch and Release.

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  1. ^ John Doyle, "John Doyle's Critical List". The Globe and Mail, October 26, 1996.
  2. ^ "Hereafter looks sweeter: Atom Egoyan's movie captures eight Genies". Hamilton Spectator, December 15, 1997.
  3. ^ "From law to literary fiction: Off the clock with Judith McCormack". University of Toronto, September 8, 2015.
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