David Paperny
ProducerWriterDirector
- Awards
- 13 wins, 32 nominations
Starting in 1983, fresh off a Master's Degree from the Annenberg School of Communications, David began his career producing Current Affairs programmes at CBC Television. David co-founded Paperny Films in 1994, shortly after his documentary on a young doctor dying of AIDS was nominated for an Academy…
Biography
Director
The Good Canadian(2025) |
| Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free(2017) |
Confessions of an Innocent Man(2007) |
| Transplant Tourism(2003) |
Life and Times(1996) |
Writer
The Good Canadian(2025) |
Crash Test Mommy(2004) |
Confessions of an Innocent Man(2007) |
First Comes Love(2005) |
| My Fabulous Gay Wedding(2005) |
Producer
Nekai Walks(2026) |
The Good Canadian(2025) |
Diario di Tonnara(2018) |
| Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free(2017) |
Cold Water Cowboys(2014) |
Second Unit or Assistant Director
Kink(2001) |
Camera and Electrical Department
The Good Canadian(2025) |
Thanks
Modern Whore(2020) |
| My Grandfather's Voice(2006) |
The Little Things(2005) |
Self
The 11th Annual Leo Awards(2009)as Self - Nominee: Best Documentary Series |
The 10th Annual Leo Awards(2008)as Self - Winner: Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series |
A Scattering of Seeds(1998)as Narrator |













