Biography

Teresa Alfeld is a director from Vancouver, living and working on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She is a member of the Director's Guild of Canada, and the Documentary Organization of Canada. Teresa is drawn to complex characters navigating complicated worlds, and her films embrace both the humour and pathos of the human experience.

Teresa's comedy short DAVID FOSTER'S EGGGPAA, starring David Foster and Katharine McPhee (produced by the National Film Board of Canada) premiered on May 28, 2022 Ottawa at the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

Her second feature documentary DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME premiered at DOXA Documentary Film Festival on May 14, 2022 as the official closing night selection. DOUG AND THE SLUGS AND ME will have its broadcast premiere on CBC in late 2022.

Teresa's first feature documentary THE RANKIN FILE: LEGACY OF A RADICAL (produced with Opus 59 Films) was the opening night gala film at DOXA Documentary Film Festival in 2018, with further screenings in Seattle, Vancouver, and across BC. The Rankin File had its broadcast premiere on The Knowledge Network in 2019.

Teresa has written and directed several award-winning short comedy-dramas including ROADKILL (2013), CHARLIE GAUVIN (2012), BUNKY THE VAMPIRE KILLER (2010) and CLOSET CARNIVORE (2004), which have screened at film festivals across Canada including Out on Screen, The Female Eye Film Festival, and the Women in Film Toronto Short Film Showcase.

Teresa holds a BFA in Film Production from SFU (2010) and a Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution from UVic (2017). Her project interests include politics, comedy, music, healthcare, and social justice.

Teresa has lived with Type 1 diabetes since 1994, and finds that living with a chronic illness imparts a fair bit of empathy, patience, and humour in all that she does.

When not working, Teresa can be found out hiking with her husband, playing piano poorly, drinking cider competently, competing in trivia (and trivial) games, hoarding scratch-and-win tickets, and raising her very cute yet violent cat Franklin D. Catsvelt.
- IMDb mini biography by: Teresa Alfeld