Biography

Shelagh Carter is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio as an Actress and Director, and a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Directors Lab in Toronto. As a director, Shelagh has created work for over fifteen years. Night Travellers, her third short film, was a National Screen Institute Drama Prize winner in 2007. Her award winning 35 mm short, One Night, filmed as part of the Canadian Film Centre's Short Dramatic Film 2009 series, screened at several international film festivals. She has also won world festival recognition with her experimental narrative short films Canoe, Rifting/Blue, and Is It My Turn.

Shelagh's first feature film called Passionflower, the story of Sarah, an 11-year-old girl, forcing her family to come to terms with her mother's increasing mental instability, has earned film festival attention and honors. Her indie feature, Before Anything You Say, an innovative drama based on a true story, has won international nominations and awards, most recently Best Manitoba Director 2018 by the DGC. Her third feature film, Into Invisible Light, has been honoured with several awards and nominations, including most recently winning the Directors' Choice Independent Spirit Award at the Sedona International Film Festival 2020. and on behalf of the film, Shelagh was awarded Best Director, at the Swedish International Film Festival, July 2021. Recently, the Swedish Festival expressed interest in Passionflower and invited it to be juried for their monthly series. Most appreciated, it was awarded Best International Feature Film, May 2022.

Shelagh's next feature, a New York City romantic comedy titled Love, Repeat, screened on Lifetime in 2020. The Woman Who Swallowed West Hawk Lake, a psychological horror film, is also in development.
- IMDb mini biography by: Darkling Pictures Inc.

Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio ( NYC & LA) as an Actress and Director.

I am very happy for an opportunity to show my work. If I stood back from my films, some words to describe what I am interested in are 'transitions and delicate and dangerous transformations.' I hope you enjoy them.