Kari Skogland
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Kari Skogland is a Canadian
film director, screenwriter, and producer.
. Traders was nominated for several Geminis
including Best Director, and won Best Series
.
Her first film, The Size of Watermelons won the Silver Award at WorldFest Houston.
Her CBC
film White Lies
was nominated for several Geminis and an International Emmy and won a Tout Ecran.
50 Dead Men Walking is Skogland's most recent project. It stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess
, and Rose McGowan
and was released in March 2009.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Career
Skogland started directing award-winning television commercials and music videos. She moved on to television shows with 1996's TradersTraders (TV series)
Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...
. Traders was nominated for several Geminis
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
including Best Director, and won Best Series
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series. Winners in each category are in bold.-2nd:* Night Heat* Red Serge* Street Legal-3rd:* Degrassi Junior High* He Shoots, He Scores...
.
Her first film, The Size of Watermelons won the Silver Award at WorldFest Houston.
Her CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
film White Lies
White lies
White lies or Kind Lies are benign or trivial lies.One example of a white lie would be when a person falsely affirms that they consider their friend beautiful or intelligent so as to reinforce their friend's self-esteem...
was nominated for several Geminis and an International Emmy and won a Tout Ecran.
50 Dead Men Walking is Skogland's most recent project. It stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
James Anthony "Jim" Sturgess is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His breakthrough role was appearing as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe .-Early life:...
, and Rose McGowan
Rose McGowan
Rose Arianna McGowan is an actress and singer. She is known for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB Television Network supernatural drama series Charmed. She played Ann-Margret alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley in the CBS mini-series Elvis...
and was released in March 2009.
Filmography
- Dead at 21Dead at 21Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The series ran for eleven thirty-minute episodes with a two part final episode. The series was created by Jon Sherman , and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds and Manny Coto Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The...
(1994) TV series (unknown episodes) - Traders (5 episodes, 1996)
- The Size of Watermelons (1996)
- Men with Guns (1997)
- La Femme Nikita (1 episode, 1997)
- The Crow: Stairway to HeavenThe Crow: Stairway to HeavenThe Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel based on The Crow comic by James O'Barr starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 film The Crow...
(2 episodes, 1998) - Sins of the City (1998) TV series (unknown episodes)
- White LiesWhite liesWhite lies or Kind Lies are benign or trivial lies.One example of a white lie would be when a person falsely affirms that they consider their friend beautiful or intelligent so as to reinforce their friend's self-esteem...
(1998) - Nothing Too Good for a CowboyNothing Too Good for a CowboyNothing Too Good for a Cowboy was a CBC Television television show based upon the adventures of author and rancher Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. in Northern British Columbia. It is based upon the eponymous book and also The Rancher Takes a Wife....
(1998) - Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's ReturnChildren of the Corn 666: Isaac's ReturnChildren of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return is the sixth film in the Children of the Corn series. It is the fourth film that went direct-to-video...
(1999) - Nature Boy (2000)
- Family LawFamily lawFamily law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including:*the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;...
(1 episode, 2000) - The Courage to LoveThe Courage To LoveThe Courage To Love is a 2000 television History film starring Vanessa Williams, which is also the producer. The premiere was held 24 January 2000 on Lifetime.The film also stars Vanessa's children: Jillian Hervey, Melanie Hervey, Devin Hervey and her brother Chris Williams...
(2000) - Zebra LoungeZebra LoungeZebra Lounge is a 2001 erotic thriller directed by Kari Skogland and written by Claire Montgomery and Monte Montgomery.-Plot:Alan and Wendy Barnet are stuck in a marital rut and decide to answer an ad they find in a swinging magazine. The couple meets with Jack and Louise Bauer at the Zebra Lounge...
(2001) - Liberty Stands StillLiberty Stands StillLiberty Stands Still is a 2002 film starring Wesley Snipes and Linda Fiorentino. Directed by Kari Skogland, it is a thriller about a man seeking revenge for his daughter's death.-Plot:...
(2002) - Queer as Folk (3 episodes, 2001–2003)
- RiverworldRiverworld (film)Riverworld is a sci-fi/fantasy feature-length pilot episode for a series that was never produced. It aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003. It was loosely based on the Hugo Award-winning "Riverworld" saga by Philip José Farmer. Production began in 2001...
(2003) - The L WordThe L WordThe L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
(1 episode, 2004) - Chicks with Sticks (2004)
- Terminal CityTerminal CityTerminal City is the name for two comic book limited series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint in 1996 and 1997, with, respectively nine and five issues. Dean Motter was the writer and Michael Lark was the artist for the series....
(2 episodes, 2005) - Rapid FireRapid FireRapid Fire is the name of several films:*Rapid Fire , starring Brandon Lee*Rapid Fire Other*Rapid Fire,a song by Judas Priest*Rapid Fire , a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe...
(2005) - BansheeBansheeThe banshee , from the Irish bean sí is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld....
(2006) - The Stone AngelThe Stone Angel (film)The Stone Angel is a 2007 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kari Skogland. The screenplay is based on the 1964 novel of the same title by Margaret Laurence.-Plot:...
(2007) - Fifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men Walking is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name...
(2008) - The ListenerThe Listener (TV series)The Listener is a Canadian science fiction drama set in Toronto about a young paramedic named Toby Logan with the ability to listen to people's minds. The series premiered on Fox International Channels beginning with the Arabic-speaking area of northern Africa and south-western Asia on March 1, 2009...
(5 episodes, 2009–2011) - EndgameEndgame (TV series)Endgame is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on the Showcase Television network on Monday, March 14, 2011. The series is developed and produced by Thunderbird Films...
(1 episode, 2011)