2012Nominee
Best Writing
Beat Down
Deanne Foley
Director · Producer · Writer
Biography
Deanne Foley is a Canadian feature film & TV director and writer. She is best known for the critically acclaimed feature film, An Audience Of Chairs. The film picked up four awards at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival 2018 including Best Director & Best Picture. Her sophomore feature, Relative Happiness, was nominated for Best Picture at the 2015 Directors Guild of Canada Awards, and the Borsos Best Canadian Feature at Whistler Film Festival. Beat Down, her debut feature film, garnered three Canadian Comedy Award nominations including Best Direction. She has directed on CBC's one-hour Republic of Doyle and most recently, she directed the Lifetime MOW Christmas Reservations starring Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina The Teenage Witch) on location in the USA. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada & Writers Guild of Canada. Deanne was awarded BMO Artist of the Years by Arts NL in 2015.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Nominee
Best Director
Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11
2014Nominee
Best Director
Relative Happiness
Career Highlights
Highlight
Best Writing
Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones
2018Highlight
Best Director
Hopeless Romantic
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Beat Down
Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11
Relative Happiness