Penelope Buitenhuis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Penelope Buitenhuis grew up in Toronto. British immigrants to Canada, her father was a writer and professor, her mother an artist and administrator. After graduating with honors, Penelope studied art history and film history at UBC in Vancouver. Moving to Paris, she began making experimental films, returning to attend the Simon Fraser University ...
I've done so many different kinds of projects as a director. I can be interested in so many kinds of stories, and so many ways of telling them. It's about getting at the truth...whatever that happens to be.
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If you're engaged with the actors at a deep level, it's all symbiotic. Everything I need from them as a director comes naturally. I don't even have to ask. They bring it. I love actors because they can do that. They can experience truth in emotion.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Summer of Innovative Film I+II
1989
TV Movie documentary co-director
Death of a Vegas Showgirl
2016
TV Movie
Newlywed and Dead
2016
TV Movie
My Life as a Dead Girl
2015
TV Movie
Not With My Daughter
2014
TV Movie
Honor Student
2014
TV Movie
Hard Ride to Hell
2010
Video
A Wake
2009
Do You Know Me?
2009
TV Movie
Whispers and Lies
2008
TV Movie
Wide Awake
2007
TV Movie
Time and Again
2007
TV Movie
The Secret of Hidden Lake
2006
TV Movie
Past Tense
2006
TV Movie
Blueprint for Disaster
2005
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Paradise Falls
2001-2004
TV Series 27 episodes
Metropia
2004
TV Series
Train 48
2003
TV Series
Killer Bees!
2002
TV Movie
Lucky Day
2002
TV Movie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
2002
TV Series 1 episode
Bliss
2002
TV Series 1 episode
The Waiting Room
2001
Short
Tokyo Girls
2000
Documentary
Dangerous Attraction
2000
Hope Island
1999
TV Series 1 episode
Power Play
1998
TV Series 1 episode
Cold Squad
1998
TV Series 2 episodes
Wind at My Back
1997
TV Series 1 episode
Giant Mine
1996
TV Movie
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1996
TV Series 1 episode
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
TV Series 1 episode
Pass
1994
Short
Boulevard
1994
Trouble
1993
TV Movie
A Dream of Naming
1991
Short
Llaw
1990
Documentary short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hard Ride to Hell
2010
Video written by
A Wake
2009
story
Tokyo Girls
2000
Documentary documentary script
Trouble
1993
TV Movie
Llaw
1990
Documentary short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Wake
2009
co-producer
Llaw
1990
Documentary short producer
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Llaw
1990
Documentary short
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Llaw
1990
Documentary short
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Llaw
1990
Documentary short
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
SexTV
2000
TV Series documentary
Herself
Summer of Innovative Film I+II
1989
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Genre Award
Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
Most Innovative Film
A Wake (2009)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
DGC Craft Award
Directors Guild of Canada
Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Feature Film