Jem Garrard

Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard is the creator and showrunner on the space opera series Vagrant Queen released in 2020, and the award winning mockumentary webseries Android Employed, which ran from 2017 to 2018. They directed the fourth series of comedy-drama You Me Her in 2019, and episodes of Wynonna Earp and Motherland: Fort Salem. Garrard has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Mech-X4 and won a Leo Award in 2018.

Jem Garrard identifies as queer and non-binary. They live in Vancouver, BC with their family.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Position Notes Ref
2013 Playground Director, cinematographer Season 1, 4 eps. [2]
2015 Guns to Mics Documentary [3]
2016 The Switch Director, Story Editor Season 1 [4]
Murderer Upstairs Director TV movie [5]
2017 Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017-2018 Android Employed Creator, Director Season 1 + 2, 8 eps. [6]
Mech-X4 Director Season 2, 4 eps. [7]
2018 Cooking with Love TV movie
Killer High [8]
2019 You Me Her Season 4 [9]
2020 Vagrant Queen Executive Producer, Director, Created for Television by, Showrunner [10]
2021 Wynonna Earp Director Season 4, Episode #46: "Crazy"
Day of the Dead Episodes 8-10: "To Anyone Who Can Hear My Voice"/
"Death Comes to Paymart"
2022 Charmed Episode 66: "Cats And Camels and Elephants, Oh My"
2023 Nancy Drew Episode 52: "The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil"
2024 Sight Unseen Director "Sunny", "Mia"
Slay Director, writer

Awards and nominations

Year Awarding Body/Event Award Work Result Ref
2015 LA Film Festival LAIFF July Award for Best Comedy/Dramedy The Wolf Who Came to Dinner Nominated [11]
2016 Juggernaut: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival Hecate Female Filmmaker Award Nominated
Canada Shorts Film Festival Disappeared Finalist
East Van Showcase Jury Prize for Best Short Film Haunted Saloon Won
2018 Banff World Media Festival Banff Rockie Award for Best Digital Fiction Series Android Employed Nominated
Leo Awards Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series Nominated [12]
Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series Nominated [13]
Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series Android Employed, episode "The Second Unit Team" Won [14]
Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series Mech-X4, episode "X4 Versus The Dark Night" Nominated [15]
2019 46th Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program Mech-X4 Nominated [16]
Directors Guild of Canada Outstanding Directorial Achievement Killer High Nominated [17]

References

  1. ^ "JEM GARRARD". JEM GARRARD. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  2. ^ "Director Jem Garrard talks Monsters, Childhood, and 'The Wolf Who Came to Dinner'".
  3. ^ "Shayla Raine | STORYHIVE".
  4. ^ "Director Jem Garrard talks Monsters, Childhood, and 'The Wolf Who Came to Dinner'".
  5. ^ "'Secrets Of My Stepdaughter': Lifetime True Story Movie Inspired By Brittany Norwood Lululemon Yoga Murder". Archived from the original on 2017-05-20.
  6. ^ "The robots are coming: 'Android Employed' imagines a near future where robots join the workforce". 23 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Syfy's 'Vagrant Queen': Adriyan Rae to Star in Live-Action Space Tale". 17 May 2019.
  8. ^ "[Exclusive] Syfy Brings a Giant Warthog to a High School Reunion in Bloody, Super Fun 'Killer High' Trailer". 18 September 2018.
  9. ^ "'You Me Her' to End with Season 5 on Audience Network". 10 May 2019.
  10. ^ "SyFy Orders "Vagrant Queen," A Space Opera with All-Women Writers and Directors".
  11. ^ "July 2015".
  12. ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  13. ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  14. ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  15. ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  16. ^ "46th Daytime Emmy Awards Nominees with Credits" (PDF). cdn.emmyonline.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Nominees announced for 18th Annual DGC Awards".