Andrew Cividino | |
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| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Known for | Sleeping Giant,Schitt's Creek |
Andrew Cividino (born 1983) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his feature filmdirectorial debutSleeping Giant, which premiered at the2015 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and for his frequent work as a director on the Emmy winning comedySchitt's Creek, for which he won a Primetime Emmy at the72nd Primetime Emmy Awards.[2]
He is a partner withKaren Harnisch in the production company Film Forge.[3]
Originally fromDundas,Ontario,[4] Cividino frequently spent childhood summers in theSibley Peninsula region nearThunder Bay.[5]
After studying film atRyerson University, Cividino made severalshort films, includingNorbert (2007),We Ate the Children Last (2011) andYellow Fish (2012).[1][6] In 2006, he won theOntario Film Review Board's student film competition.[7]
In 2011,Telefilm included him on its annual Talent to Watch panel, and his shortWe Ate the Children Last madeTIFF's Top 10 Shorts list.[7]
When all of the funding fell through for his feature filmdirectorial debut,Sleeping Giant, Cividino proceeded with a pared down short film version, which was released in 2014.[1] The short went on to win an award at theLocarno International Film Festival,[1] and received aCanadian Screen Award nomination forBest Live Action Short Drama at the3rd Canadian Screen Awards, in turn enabling Cividino to secure new funding.[8]
The feature version ofSleeping Giant premiered at theCannes Film Festival in 2015.[1] It later screened at theMunich Film Festival, where it won the CineVision Award for Best Film By An Emerging Director, and at the2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[9] where it won the award forBest Canadian First Feature Film.[10] At the 2015Vancouver International Film Festival,Sleeping Giant won the juried Best Canadian Film Award.[11]
At the4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, Cividino was a nominee forBest Director forSleeping Giant, which also garnered three other nominations includingBest Picture, though it did not win; Cividino lost the Best Director award toLenny Abrahamson forRoom.[12]
In 2017 Cividino directed an episode ofSchitt's Creek titled "Merry Christmas, Johnny Rose", alongside co-director Dan Levy. The following year he co-directed the season finale "Life is a Cabaret" with Levy. In the show's final season, Cividino directed seven episodes of the show,[13] including the series finale "Happy Ending", which he co-directed with Levy, and for which they won a Primetime Emmy. The show received a total of 15 Emmy nominations in its final season, including for Outstanding Comedy Series.[14]
In 2016, theToronto International Film Festival announced they had selected Cividino as their annual Len Blum resident, where he will develop his short filmWe Ate the Children Last into a feature film.[15]
Cividino has since participated in Berlinale Talents and was selected as one of eleven filmmakers to participate in the prestigious Sundance Institute's FilmTwo Program.[16] He is a recurring director onSchitt's Creek, and was nominated for aCanadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series for the Christmas special "Merry Christmas, Johnny Rose" alongside co-directorDan Levy.[17]
In July 2020, Cividino and co-director Dan Levy were nominated for achievement in direction at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, and won at the ceremony that took place on September 20, 2020.[14]
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