Biography

Actor/Writer/Director: Shelley Thompson

Writer/Director/Producer/Actor Shelley Thompson is based in Wolfville, in Mi'kma'ki. (Nova Scotia, Canada) Trained at RADA (London, UK); Canadian Film Centre (Toronto, ON) Women In The Directors Chair,(Vancouver, BC) the Writers Lab (NYC, NY) and most recently the Whistler Film Festival's Producer's Lab.

Her award-winning short films include DUCK DUCK GOOSE, about the impact of school lockdowns on children, which won Best Atlantic Short at Halifax Int FF, was selected by Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent for Clermont-Ferrand, and was a finalist in CBC's Short Film Faceoff.

Her first feature, DAWN, HER DAD & THE TRACTOR was released in 2021, selling out at InsideOut, FIN, and the UK's BFI Flare Festival. It played at festivals and in cinemas across Canada, settling on CRAVE Canada while continuing festival play outside Canada. In November 2022 DAWN won the Nova Scotia Masterworks Award, Nova Scotia's largest arts award, and won or was nominated for numerous festival awards including a nomination for Whistler's Borsos prize.

Recent screen credits include CBC TV's Moonshine and CTV's Sullivan's Crossing. Thompson is an ACTRA/Gemini winner for her roles in Trailer Park Boys and feature films SPLINTERS (Thom Fitzgerald) and The Child Remains (Michael Melski).

Presently: Working on feature BOUQUET, (a finalist in the 2022 TIFF Screenwriters award); EVERYBODY HATES RANDY an ensemble comedy; and her second novel, GALILEE JUMP.

Thompson's first novel ROAR published by (Nimbus/Vagrant Press) will come out October 31, 2023 - For more information or to pre-order go the the Nimbus website, and choose ROAR!

She is married to Writer/Director/Actor Ed Thomason, and proud parent to singer/songwriter T. Thomason.
- IMDb mini biography by: Shelley Thompson

Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.