Ingrid Veninger

Ingrid Veninger

actress, producer, director

Ingrid Veninger was born on Mar 21, 1970 in Slovakia. Ingrid Veninger's big-screen debut came with Hockey Night directed by Paul Shapiro in 1984. Ingrid Veninger is known for Picture of Light directed by Peter Mettler, Gavin Connor stars as Self - Rifleman and Brian Ladoon as Self - Dog trainer. Ingrid Veninger has got 5 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Ingrid Veninger achieved is TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards. The upcoming new movie Ingrid Veninger plays is Picture of Light which will be released on Nov 02, 2017.

Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid Veninger formed pUNK Films in 2003 with a 'nothing is impossible' manifesto. Since 2008, Ingrid has directed six narrative fiction feature films, Only (2008), Modra (2010), I am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person (2011), The Animal Project (2013), He Hated Pigeons (2015), Porcupine Lake (2017), and one feature documentary, The World or Nothing (2019), with premieres at festival worldwide including, TIFF, Rotterdam, Slamdance, Busan and Hot Docs. In addition to directing, Ingrid has produced features with Charles Officer (Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)), Anais Granofsky (The Limb Salesman (2004)), Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002), The End of Time (2012)). She is the winner of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize, EDA Award for Best Director, and the Women's International Film & Television Showcase (WIFTS) International Visionary Award. Ingrid is a filmmaking mentor at the Canadian Film Centre and full-time faculty in Cinema and Media Arts at York University in Toronto. She has participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus, Rotterdam Lab, and the inaugural TIFF Studio. In 2014, Ingrid initiated the pUNK Films Femmes Lab to foster more competitive feature films written and directed by Canadian women, sponsored by Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. Ingrid continues to champion gender parity in the entertainment industry.

  • Birthday

    Mar 21, 1970
  • Place of Birth

    Bratislava, Slovakia

Known For

Awards

5 wins & 7 nominations

TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards
2011
Best Film
Winner - The Adrienne Fancey Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2011
I am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person (2011)
Winner - Jay Scott Prize
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