Person
Christian Sparkes
Directing · St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Biography
Christian Sparkes is an award winning writer and director hailing from Newfoundland, Canada. He has directed numerous episodes of television and his films have screened at the world's top festivals including TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Busan. An alumnus of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, Christian's debut feature Cast No Shadow was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture. His sophomore feature Hammer starring Will Patton and Mark O'Brien debuted in 2020 and received widespread acclaim from Roger Ebert and The Hollywood Reporter, amongst others. His third and fourth feature films, Sweetland and The King Tide, are set to be released in 2023, the latter of which was selected for TIFF's prestigious Platform Program.
Known for
Stolen
First Assistant Director
The King Tide
Director
Decolored
Producer
Vocation
Cinematography
Hammer
Director
Sweetland
Director
Cast No Shadow
Director
Night for Night
Director
Snarbuckled
Graphic Designer
Pillowtalk
Grip
Filmography
- 2024The King TideDirector
- 2023Night for NightDirector
- 2023SweetlandDirector
- 2021Dad and the Fridge BoxEditor
- 2019HammerDirector
- 2019StolenFirst Assistant Director
- 2016The Iron IslandDirector
- 2014Cast No ShadowDirector
- 2013Me2Editor
- 2013VocationCinematography
- 2012The OfferingDirector
- 2011MetersStill Photographer
- 2011DecoloredProducer
- 2011A River in the WoodsWriter
- 2011Hard LightFirst Assistant Camera
- 2010SnarbuckledGraphic Designer
- 2007Here on InCinematography
- 2006Thick & ThinCinematography
- 2005PillowtalkGrip
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