Biography
Wanda Nolan is a writer and filmmaker from Newfoundland, Canada. In 2014, she was named one of eleven writers to watch for by CBC Canada Writes. In the Fall of 2016, she made her directorial debut with two short films: an animation, The Mystery of the Secret Room (2016), produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Magic of the Secret Room was nominated for two Golden Sheaf Awards: Best Emerging Filmmaker and Best Animation. It was also nominated for a Golden Egg Award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival. The same year she released Crocuses (2016), produced by LJH Films. Crocuses was the winner of Best Short at the Nickel Film Festival; and, winner of the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Artist Award - a financial and mentorship prize for emerging female filmmakers. . It was also chosen for the 2018 Women in Film and TV International (WIFTI) Short Film Showcase where it will be shown in over 40 countries this year. Her feature screenplay The Magic of Boxer Connors was the...