Sheri Elwood Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for three awards for "Call Me Fitz" in 2011: a Banff Rockie Award for Best Sitcom, a Canadian Comedy Award for Best TV Show, and a Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program
• Won the Best Ontario Feature Award at the Sudbury Cinéfest for "Deeply" in 2000
• Won two awards for "Call Me Fitz:" a Directors Guild of Canada Team Award for Television Series - Comedy in 2012 and a Gemini Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Program in 2013
• Graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in Film
• Started out as an assistant story editor and second unit director on the TV series "Ready or Not" in 1993
• Quote: "(On her "Call Me Fitz" characters): "These are people I know, and then I'm amping the volume up to 11․ My brother's a used car salesman․․․I'm taking shades of what's there and looking at it through a funhouse mirror․""
• Best known as a screenwriter and director, and as the creator and executive producer of "Call Me Fitz․"
• Writer and producer on the TV series "Defying Gravity" and writer and story editor on "Flash Forward․"
• Wrote, directed, and edited the 1997 short film "The Swimming Lesson․"