Frances-Anne Solomon

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Frances-Anne Solomon is a filmmaker, writer and producer. Born in England of Trinidadian parents, she was raised and educated in Trinidad and Canada, lived and worked in the UK for several years, and has been based in Toronto since 1999. She is the artistic director and president of the two companies she founded, Leda Serene Films, her film and television production vehicle, and CaribbeanTales, a multimedia company producing educational resources based on Caribbean-heritage storytelling, including audio books, documentaries and websites.

From 1989 to 1998 she was also a Film, TV, and Radio Drama producer for the BBC.

1 Filmography
2 Awards
3 External links
- 3.1 Articles
4 See also

[edit] Filmography

A Winter Tale, 2007, Feature Film - as Writer/Director, Producer.
LiteratureAlive, 2005-6, TV Series - as Creator, Producer, Director.
Lord Have Mercy!, 2003, sitcom - as Director, Producer, Co-Creator, Co-writer.
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, 1998, Feature Film - as Executive Producer

... aka Love Is the Devil (France) (UK: short title) ... aka Ai no akuma (Japan)

Speak Like a Child, 1998, Feature Film - as Executive Producer
Peggy Su!, 1997, Feature Film, as Director
Sixth Happiness, 1997, Feature Film - as Executive Producer
Flight, 1995, Television Movie, as Executive Producer
What My Mother Told Me, 1996, Feature - as Writer/Director, Producer
Siren Spirits, 1995, Mini-Series - as Creator, Series Producer.
Bideshi, 1995, Short Film - as Director
Reunion: West Indian Women at War, 1993, Documentary - as Writer/Director, Producer
I Is a Long Memoried Woman, 1990, Documentary Feature - as Writer/Director.

[edit] Awards

"What My Mother Told Me" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1996, and has won awards at The Festival of Black International Cinema (Berlin, St Louis, Paris), "Best Film Depicting The Black Experience", and at Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival 2006, HBO Best Feature Award. The Literature Alive Documentary Series won a Special Recognition Award for "Memory Places" at The Festival of Black International Cinema, and the Audience Award for "Blood Dub and The Matriarch" at the San Diego Women's Film Festival. "Lord Have Mercy!", was nominated for 2 Gemini Awards - for Best Comedy Series and Best Individual Performance (for Leonie Forbes). "Peggy Su!" won the BAFTA/Royal Television Society Award, for Best Costume Design 1998 (Joey Attawia). And "Bideshi", won Best Short Feature, at the Bombay International Film Festival in 1996. "I Is A Long Memoried Woman" won the Gold Award for Television Performing Arts, at the New York International Film & Television Festival 1991. The BBC Radio version won Best Feature Documentary, at the Sony Radio Awards 1991, and was nominated for a Prix Futura for most Innovative Radio Feature.