Molly McGlynn(I)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Molly McGlynn is a writer and director who was born in Montreal and grew up in the United States. She currently lives in Los Angeles, although Toronto will always be home.
Her first feature film, Mary Goes Round, starring Aya Cash and Sara Waisglass, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017 and has screened at dozens of film festivals and won multiple awards, including the Panavision Independent Cinema Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the Vail Film Festival and Best Narrative Feature at the Annapolis Film Festival. The film was nominated by the Directors' Guild of Canada for awards in Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film and Best Editing in a Feature Film and won the Jay Scott Emerging Artist Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association.
Her second feature film, Fitting In, (fka Bloody Hell), starring Maddie Ziegler and Emily Hampshire, had its World Premiere at SXSW in the Narrative Spotlight section in March 2023. Its International Premiere was at the prestigious Deauville American Film Festival and had its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was given the Sloan Science on Film spotlight. The film also won Best Canadian Feature Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival and was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film by the Directors Guild of Canada.
Fitting In was released theatrically in the US (Blue Fox Entertainment) and Canada (Elevation Pictures) in February 2024 and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition to her feature work, she has directed over thirty episodes of television and was a producing director on Season 2 of Bless This Mess.
Her first feature film, Mary Goes Round, starring Aya Cash and Sara Waisglass, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017 and has screened at dozens of film festivals and won multiple awards, including the Panavision Independent Cinema Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the Vail Film Festival and Best Narrative Feature at the Annapolis Film Festival. The film was nominated by the Directors' Guild of Canada for awards in Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film and Best Editing in a Feature Film and won the Jay Scott Emerging Artist Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association.
Her second feature film, Fitting In, (fka Bloody Hell), starring Maddie Ziegler and Emily Hampshire, had its World Premiere at SXSW in the Narrative Spotlight section in March 2023. Its International Premiere was at the prestigious Deauville American Film Festival and had its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was given the Sloan Science on Film spotlight. The film also won Best Canadian Feature Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival and was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film by the Directors Guild of Canada.
Fitting In was released theatrically in the US (Blue Fox Entertainment) and Canada (Elevation Pictures) in February 2024 and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
In addition to her feature work, she has directed over thirty episodes of television and was a producing director on Season 2 of Bless This Mess.
