Draft:Michelle Mama

Michelle Mama is a Canadian-Parsi writer, director, producer, and television professional and documentary filmmaker.[1] Most recently, she directed non-binary comic Mae Martin in an episode of CBC's The Nature of Things called Fluid: Beyond the Binary.[2]

Mama has been nominated five times by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for a Canadian Screen Award (Canadian Emmy) for Best Direction in a Documentary Series for her work on In The Making, for Best Direction, Factual, and for Shine True, Best Direction, Factual. In 2023 she was a double nominee for her work the History Channel series Lost Car Rescue, as well as Best Reality/Competition Program or Series for Canada's Drag Race and Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World.[3]

In 2023, Mama partnered with writer, director, and producer Bill Taylor to launch the production company Gay Agenda, a fully queer owned and operated production company based in Toronto.[4] She is currently working as a writer and director on the feature length documentary AntiDiva: The Confessions of Carole Pope.[5]

  1. ^ "Michelle Mama". The ANOKHI ADVOCATE List 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  2. ^ Tang, Nigel (March 27, 2024). "Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity in a new episode of The Nature of Things". CBC Docs. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Banff World Media Festival 2024 - Michelle Mama". banffmediafestival.playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  4. ^ "Canadian producers Michelle Mama and Bill Taylor team to form Gay Agenda". C21media. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  5. ^ "'High School Confidential' singer Carole Pope focus of documentary 'AntiDiva'". Yahoo News. 2024-04-17. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

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