- David Wharnsby
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This article is about the Canadian film editor. For the Canadian song writer, see Dawud Wharnsby.
David Wharnsby Born June 20, 1967
Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaOccupation Film Editor
DirectorYears active 1996 - present Spouse Sarah Polley (2003–2010?) (divorced) David Wharnsby (born June 20, 1967 in Waterloo, Ontario) is a Genie and Gemini award winning Canadian film editor who lives in Toronto.
Some of Wharnsby's numerous credits include; the CBC's miniseries Northern Town, directed by Gary Burns; At The Hotel, directed by Ken Finkleman; TIFF top ten films, I, Claudia, by Chris Abraham; The Uncles by Jim Allodi; Ken Finkleman's Gemini winning The Newsroom and Foreign Objects; Genie-winning short "I Shout Love" by Sarah Polley; Atom Egoyan's Gemini winning Sarabande; Emmy-nominated The Four Seasons and Don Giovanni Unmasked by Barbara Willis Sweete; David Weaver's Siblings and Century Hotel; and Genie-nominated Three Stories by Semi Chellas.
His television directing credits include one episode of Billable Hours ("Killer Comma") and two episodes of Being Erica ("This Be the Verse" and "The Unkindest Cut").
Wharnsby received a Gemini Award for his work on Jennifer Baichwal's documentary The Holier It Gets. He has also worked with Baichwal on the Gemini-winning The True Meaning of Pictures, and the Emmy winning Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles. He won a Genie Award in 2004 for his work on Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World.
Wharnsby married Sarah Polley, who in addition to directing is an actress, singer, writer and activist, in September 2003. They have since divorced.[1] He collaborated with then wife Polley on the critically acclaimed 2008 feature-length film Away from Her, which Polley directed. His mother Marnie was host of a children's television show in the 1960s for CKCO-TV; his brother Tim is a sports reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, cbcsports.ca.
Filmography
Editor Year Title Notes 1996 Project Grizzly Documentary 1996 Drive Short film 1997 Hong Kong Symphony TV movie 1997 Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande 1998 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Documentary 1998 A Boy's Own Story Short film 1999 Heater 1999 In Memory Short film 1999 Don't Think Twice Short film 2000 Hindsight Short film 2000 Prelude Short film 2000 The Line Short film 2000 24fps Short film 2000 The Uncles 2001 Great Performances Episode: "Don Giovanni Unmasked" 2001 Three Stories from the End of Everything Short film 2001 Century Hotel 2001 I Shout Love Short film 2002 The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia Documentary 2002 Perfect Pie 2002 Escape from the Newsroom TV movie 2003 The Saddest Music in the World 2004 The Newsroom Episode: "America, America" 2004 Elizabeth Rex TV movie 2004 Trouser Accidents Short film 2004 I, Claudia 2004 Siblings 2006 At the Hotel TV series 2006 Northern Town TV series 2006 Away from Her 2008 Passchendaele 2008 Green Door Short film 2009 Being Erica 11 episodes 2011 Saving Hope TV movie, post-production Director Year Title Notes 2007 Billable Hours Episode: "The Killer Comma" 2009 Being Erica Episode: "This Be the Verse"
Episode: "The Unkindest Cut"References
- ^ Stephen Whitty (2010-05-05). "Sarah Polley makes only movies she'd see - from indies to zombie flicks". The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/05/sarah_polley_makes_only_movies_shed_see_from_indies_to_zombie_flicks.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
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