Shannon Walsh has written and directed 5 award-winning feature documentaries, The Gig is Up (2021), Illusions of Control (2019), Jeppe on a Friday (2013), À st-henri, le 26 août (2011), and H2Oil (2009), as well as numerous short films and VR works. Shannon's films have been broadcast and theatrically-released internationally, played in over 100 film festivals globally, and screened in museum spaces, including the Venice Biennale and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. As a scholar she has published in a range of research areas, largely focused on inequality, social justice and visual methods. She has published over forty articles and book chapters; two co-edited volumes; and a book on documentary production out in late 2023. Walsh teaches film as an Associate Professor at UBC. She is currently in post-production on a hybrid documentary titled Adrianne & the Castle.
She was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, and was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2023.
Filmography
- Post-Production. ADRIANNE & THE CASTLE
- 2021. THE GIG IS UP, 89 min
- 2019. ILLUSIONS OF CONTROL, 86 min
- 2013. JEPPE ON A FRIDAY, 87 min, with Arya Lalloo
- 2011. À ST-HENRI LE 26 AOÛT, 85 min
- 2009. H2OIL, 76 min
- 2019. MATSUTAKE HUNTERS, short, 18 min
- 2018. DISAPPEARANCE: HONG KONG STORIES, 360 nonfiction VR
- 2014. UNDER THE UMBRELLA, 8 min
- 2012. NIGER DELTA REMIX: LAST RIGHTS NIGER DELTA, 7 min
- 2008. HOME-LESS, 23 min
- 2008. A BRUISE, BLUE, 5 min (experimental)
- 2007. ALIPOR PRIMARY vs BAYER, 7 min with Brett Story
- 2007. GONE, 7 min (fiction)
- 2007. OPEN SPACE, 14 min
- 2007. SUB_MARE, 3 min (experimental fiction)
- 2006. SPACE IN BETWEEN, 12 min (fiction) starring Elizabeth Powell, Naila Keleta-Mae, Rich Terfry
- 2006. INKANI,13 min
- 2005. NO ONE IS ILLEGAL, 20 min, with Juliet Lammers
- 2005. ECLECTIC CURIOSITY, 2 min
- 2004. CLOSE-UP, 3 min
- 2004. FIRE & HOPE,16 min
- 2003. SAYEH, 37 min, with Kaveh Nabatian and Nicola Rutigliano
- 2002. REVISIT,16mm, 4 min, with Rawi Hage