MICHAEL CONNOLLY
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Connolly has produced five of his own projects in partnership with Canadian broadcasters. The most recent documentary, Shelter from the Storm, on homelessness and activism surrounding Toronto’s Tent City, was broadcast on CBC Witness. Other documentaries include How To Eat a Cat: The Cartoonist Mike Constable, My Sister’s Keepers, Making Peace and The Iconoclast. Broadcast partners have included CBC, Newsworld, TVOntario, Vision TV, Knowledge Network and the Saskatchewan Communications Network.
Michael has also produced advocacy and educational videos for non-profit organizations such as the Ontario Nurses’ Association, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Toronto & York Region Labour Council, Harbourfront Centre, University of Guelph and the Social Planning Network of Ontario.
Michael has produced commercials with Compass360 Design and Advertising for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Ontario Nurses’ Association and the Ontario New Democratic Party.
In addition to producing and directing, Michael is a proficient editor and writer.
Michael is a member of NABET 700 CEP and the Documentary Organization of Canada. He is a former member of locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and has sat on the Boards of Directors of two artist-run centres: Trinity Square Video and Ed Video.
Michael grew up in Halifax and now makes his home in Toronto.
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Connolly/Lisman Video 2007-2008