Canadian filmmaker

Barry Stevens (born 1952) is a Toronto-based writer and filmmaker.

In 1997 he co-wrote (with Steven Silver) the International Emmy Award-winning do*entary Gerrie & Louise, about the South African Truth Commission. Since this time he has devoted himself almost exclusively to do*entary work, writing and directing several critically acclaimed do*entaries including Offspring (2001) which won the Donald Brittain Award, the IDFA Audience Award, and was nominated for an Emmy and a Grierson, The Bomber's Dream (2006), Bio-Dad (2009) and Prosecutor (2010).

Through the making of Offspring and Bio-Dad, which chronicled the search for his own sperm-donor father, Stevens discovered he was one of 1000 potential offspring of Dr. Bertold P. Wiesner, who ran a London-based fertility clinic between 1943 and 1962.

Contents

• 1 Awards and nominations
  • 1.1 For Diary of Evelyn Lau
  • 1.2 For Gerrie and Louise
  • 1.3 For Offspring
  • 1.4 For The Bombers Dream
  • 1.5 For War Story
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Awards and nominations

For Diary of Evelyn Lau

• 1995: Gemini Award for "Best writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series"

For Gerrie and Louise

• 1998: (with Steven Silver) Gemini Award for "Best Writing in a Do*entary Program or Series"
• 1998: (with Steven Silver) Writers Guild of Canada Award

For Offspring

• 2001: Amsterdam International Film Festival Audience Award
• 2001: Nominated for Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Award for "Best Do*entary"
• 2002: Writers Guild of Canada Award

For The Bombers Dream

• 2007: Writers Guild of Canada Award for "Best Writing in a Do*entary"

For War Story

• 2014: 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for "Best Direction in a Do*entary Series" ("Ortona: The War Inside")
• 2017: 5th Canadian Screen Awards for "Best Direction in a Do*entary Series" ("The Long Way Home")

References

External links

• Official website
• Barry Stevens at IMDb