Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director.

Biography

After graduating in mathematics from the University of Alberta, Wheeler was a computer programmer before traveling abroad.

In 2017 Wheeler won a Leo Award for Best Direction (Television Film) for the Hallmark movie Stop the Wedding.

Wheeler was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995. In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Wheeler has also been awarded seven honorary doctorates and is the first woman to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of Canada.

Filmography

Film

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| 1986

| Loyalties

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| 1988

| Cowboys Don't Cry

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| 1989

| Bye Bye Blues

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| 1991

| Angel Square

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| 1999

| Better Than Chocolate

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| 2000

| Marine Life

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| 2001

| Suddenly Naked

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| 2002

| Edge of Madness

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| 2011

| Knockout

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Documentary film

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| 1975

| Great Grand Mother

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| 1976

| Augusta

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| 1981

| A War Story

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| 2000

| The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn

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| 2013

| Chi

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| 1977

| Happily Unmarried

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| 1978

| Priory: The Only Home I've Got

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| Triangle Island

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| Welfare Mothers

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| Never a Dull Moment

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| Great Days in the Rockies

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| From Bears to Bartok

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| Children Of Alcohol

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| This Is Only a Test

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Short film

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| 1977

| Happily Unmarried

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| 1978

| Teach Me to Dance

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| 2000

| Legs Apart

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Television

TV movies

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| rowspan="2"| 1993

| The Diviners

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| Other Women's Children

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| 1995

| The War Between Us

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| 1996

| Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story

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| 2002

| The Investigation

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| 2003

| Betrayed

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| 2004

| A Beachcombers Christmas

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| 2006

| Christmas on Chestnut Street

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| 2007

| Mom, Dad and Her

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| Mail Order Bride

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| Living Out Loud

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| Dancing Trees (Partners in Crime)

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| 2009

| The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger

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| 2012

| The Horses of McBride

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| 2014

| The Color of Rain

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| 2015

| A Country Wedding

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| 2016

| Stop the Wedding

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| Best Direction, 2017 Leo Awards

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| 2023

| Friends & Family Christmas

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TV series

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| 1984

| For the Record

| Episode 46: A Change of Heart

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| 1984-1985

| Global Playhouse

| Episodes One's a Heifer and To Set Our House in Order (Also writer)

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| 1985

| The Ray Bradbury Theater

| Episode The Martian

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| 1990

| Mom P.I.

| 2 episodes

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| 1992

| North of 60

| 2 episodes

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| 1995

| Jake and the Kid

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| 1996

| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes

| Pilot

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|rowspan=2|1998

| Cold Squad

| 3 episodes

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| The Sleep Room

| Miniseries

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| 1998-2003

| Da Vinci's Inquest

| 7 episodes

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| Mysterious Ways

| Episode 6:Twins

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| Beggars and Choosers

| 1 episode

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| 2004-2005

| This Is Wonderland

| 8 episodes

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| 2005

| Godiva's

| 2 episode

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| Jozi-H

| 2 episodes

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| The Guard

| 2 episodes

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| 2014

| Heartland

| Episodes 5: Endings and Beginnings and 6: Steal Away

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|2014

| When Calls the Heart

| Episode 9: Change of Heart

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| 2021

| Firefly Lane

| Episodes 3: Dancing Queens and 4: Love is a Battlefield

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See also

  • List of female film and television directors
  • List of LGBT-related films directed by women

References

  • Canadian Film Encyclopedia |A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group
  • Official web site
  • Anne Wheeler at the Canadian Women Film Directors Database
  • Anne Wheeler at the National Film Board of Canada