Sheri Elwood
Birth Name:
Sheri Elwood
Birth Place:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profession
Writer, Producer, Director, Assistant director
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․"
Awards
- 2000Best Ontario FeatureWinner
- 2011Banff Rockie Award - Best Sitcom:Nominated
- 2011Canadian Comedy Award - Best TV Show:Nominated
- 2011Gemini - Best Comedy Program or Series:Nominated
- 2012DGC Team Award - Television Series - Comedy:Winner
- 2012Golden Nymph - Outstanding International Producer (Comedy Series):Nominated
- 2013Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series:Winner
- 2014Canadian Screen Award - Best Comedy Program or Series:Winner
- 2015Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series:Nominated
- 2015Canadian Screen Award - Best Comedy Series:Winner
- 2022Canadian Screen Award - Best Drama Series:Nominated
- 2022Screen Nova Scotia Award - Best Television Series:Winner
- 2023Canadian Screen Award - Best Dramatic Series:Nominated
- 2023WGC Award - Drama Series:Nominated
- 2024Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction, Drama Series:Nominated
- 2024WGC Award - Drama Series:Nominated