Shane Belcourt

Shane Belcourt

ProducerWriterDirector
Awards
3 wins, 5 nominations

Shane Belcourt is an award-winning and two-time CSA-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Notable work includes the feature film Tkaronto; shorts such as A Common Experience, Keeping Quiet, and Pookums; the dance-documentary Kaha:wi - The Cycle of Life (2015 CSA Best Direction Nomination);…

Biography

Shane Belcourt is an award-winning and two-time CSA-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Notable work includes the feature film Tkaronto; shorts such as A Common Experience, Keeping Quiet, and Pookums; the dance-documentary Kaha:wi - The Cycle of Life (2015 CSA Best Direction Nomination); and two Historica Canada Minutes Chanie Wenjack and Naskumituwin (Treaty). Recent works include the award-winning 2018 CBC Firsthand documentary Indictment (co-directed with Lisa Jackson; 2017 imagineNATIVE Best Documentary), the music documentary series Amplify for APTN (series creator, executive producer, and show-runner), and the dramatic feature Red Rover (co-writer, director). He is an alumna of the TIFF Talent Lab and NSI's Totally Television programs.

Producer

Have Your CakeHave Your Cake(2024)
AmplifyAmplify(2020)
TricksterTrickster(2020)
Red RoverRed Rover(2018)
Colonization RoadColonization Road(2016)

Cinematographer

Listen to the Land(2018)
RiseRise(2017)
Colonization RoadColonization Road(2016)
Say YesSay Yes(2012)
A Windigo TaleA Windigo Tale(2010)

Camera and Electrical Department

CBC Docs POVCBC Docs POV(2017)
Colonization RoadColonization Road(2016)

Editorial Department

Spirit to SoarSpirit to Soar(2021)
A Common ExperienceA Common Experience(2013)

Additional Crew

Summit '72Summit '72(2022)
TkarontoTkaronto(2007)

Soundtrack

TkarontoTkaronto(2007)

Self

AmplifyAmplify(2020)as Performer, Self - Interviewee
Arbor Live!Arbor Live!(2009)as Self

Known for

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Melanie McLaren and Duane Murray on set with Director Shane Belcourt shooting TKARONTO.Shane Belcourt (Director) and Santee Smith (Choreographer and Performer) compare notes on the set of Kaha:wi - the cycle of life.Tony Wallace, Michelle St. John, Jordan O'Connor, John Reed Hryszkiewicz, Shane Belcourt, and Brendan Brady at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards for their documentary Colonization Road nomination.Shane Belcourt and James Klopko shooting for APTN's Aboriginal Day Live biography in Iqaluit.Danny Chodirker (sound recordist), Lisa Jackson (Co-Director), Shane Belcourt (Co-Director), and Andrew Forbes (Cinematographer) on set for their CBC POV Doc.Shane marks a take as Kristian Bruun looks on.