Jem Garrard

Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard directed the fourth series of comedy-drama You Me Her in 2019, four episodes of sci-fi adventure comedy Mech-X4 in 2017–18 and the 2018 television movie Cooking with Love. She is the creator of mockumentary webseries Android Employed, which ran from 2017 to 2018, and served as showrunner for on the space opera Vagrant Queen. Garrard has been nominated for several awards and won a Leo Award in 2018.

Filmography

Title	Year	Position	Notes	Refs
Playground	2013	Director, Cinematographer	Season 1, 4 Eps.	^[1]
Guns to Mics	2015	Director, Cinematographer	Documentary	^[2]
The Switch	2016	Director, Story Editor	Season 1	^[3]
Murderer Upstairs	2016	Director	TV Movie	^[4]
Christmas at Holly Lodge	2017	Director	TV Movie
Android Employed	2017-2018	Creator, Director	Seasons 1 & 2, 8 Eps.	^[5]
Cooking with Love	2018	Director	TV Movie
Mech-X4	2017-2018	Director	Season 2, 4 Eps.	^[6]
Killer High	2018	Director	TV movie	^[7]
You Me Her	2019	Director	Season 4	^[8]
Vagrant Queen	2020	Executive Producer, Director, Created for Television by, Showrunner	Series	^[9]

Awards and nominations

2019 Daytime Emmy Awards - Nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program for Mech-X4^[10]
2019 Directors Guild of Canada - Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Killer High^[11]
2018 Banff Television Festival - Nominated for Banff Rockie Award for Best Digital Fiction Series for Android Employed
2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed^[12]
2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed^[13]
2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series for Mech-X4 episode "X4 Versus The Dark Night"^[14]
2018 Leo Awards - Won for Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed episode "The Second Unit Team"^[15]
2016 Canada Shorts Film Festival - Nominated, Finalist for Disappeared
2016 East Van Showcase - Won Jury Prize for Best Short Film (Haunted Saloon)
2016 Juggernaut Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Film Festival - Nominated for Hecate Female Filmmaker Award for The Wolf Who Came to Dinner
2015 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards - Nominated for LAIFF July Award for Best Comedy/Dramedy for The Wolf Who Came to Dinner^[16]

References

External links

Jem Garrard at IMDb

[1] ttps://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/director-jem-garrard-talks-monsters-childhood-and-the-wolf-who-came-to-dinner

[2] ttps://www.storyhive.com/creator/profile/id/85055

[3] ttps://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/director-jem-garrard-talks-monsters-childhood-and-the-wolf-who-came-to-dinner

[4] ttps://www.inquisitr.com/4228430/secrets-of-my-stepdaughter-lifetime-true-story-movie-inspired-by-brittany-norwood-lululemon-yoga-murder/

[5] ttps://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/the-robots-are-coming-android-employed-imagines-a-near-future-where-robots-join-the-workforce-1.22091318

[6] ttps://deadline.com/2019/05/syfys-vagrant-queen-adriyan-rae-to-star-in-live-action-space-tale-1202617182/

[7] ttps://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3522218/exclusive-syfy-brings-giant-warthog-high-school-reunion-bloody-super-fun-killer-high-trailer/

[8] ttps://deadline.com/2019/05/you-me-her-end-season-5-audience-network-1202612214/

[9] ttps://womenandhollywood.com/syfy-orders-vagrant-queen-a-space-opera-with-all-women-writers-and-directors/

[10] ttp://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime-46th-nominations-release-with-credits.pdf

[11] ttps://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/nominees-announced-for-18th-annual-dgc-awards-851413658.html

[12] ttp://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Music_Comedy_or_Variety_Program_or_Series

[13] ttp://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Music_Comedy_or_Variety_Program_or_Series

[14] ttp://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Youth_or_Childrens_Program_or_Series

[15] ttp://www.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners_2018/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2018.php#Music_Comedy_or_Variety_Program_or_Series

[16] ttps://laiffawards.com/july-2015.html

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