Patricia Rozema (born 1958) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She was born in Sarnia, Ontario to Dutch parents.
Education
She received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English Literature from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Filmography
- Urban Menace (short), director, 1984.
- Passion: A Letter in 16mm (short), 1985.
- Head Office , Assistant Director, 1985.
- The Fly (1986), 3rd Assistant Director, 1986.
- I've Heard the Mermaids Singing , director, writer, co-producer, 1987.
- White Room , director, writer.
- Desperanto (short), director, writer 1991.
- When Night Is Falling , director, writer, 1995.
- Curtis's Charm , executive producer, 1995.
- At My Back I Always Hear (tv episode), 1996.
- Six Gestures , director, writer, 1997.
- The Shape I Think (short), 1997.
- Mansfield Park, director, writer, 1999.
- Happy Days director, 2000.
- This Might Be Good (short), director, writer, 2000.
- A Wrinkle In Time, executive producer.
Awards
Second prize at the Chicago International Film Festival for her short Passion: A Letter in 16mm.
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing won the Prix de la Jeunesse at Director's Fortnight in Cannes and was nominated for Best Picture - with Rozema garnering nominations Best Director and Best Screenplay - at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988. The film received 17 further awards.
White Room earned 4 prizes, and 3 Genie nominations.
When Night Is Falling won many awards from different countries and at various gay and lesbian film festivals.
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