Rich Williamson (filmmaker)

Rich Williamson is a Canadian film director, cinematographer and editor. He is most noted for his 2016 short documentary film Frame 394, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.[1]

A partner with Shasha Nakhai in the production firm Compy Films,[2] he was also a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for his work on Nakhai's documentary film Take Light.[3]

Scarborough, codirected by Nakhai and Williamson as their debut narrative feature film, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] It was named the winner of the Changemaker Award, was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award, and received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Film award.[5]

His other films have included Prom Day (2009), The Sugar Bowl (2011), Joe (2012), Freelance (2014), The Unsinkable Captain John (2014), The Hole in Reservoir Hill (2018)[6] and Thirty Eight Minutes (2020).

References
  1. Brent Furdyk, "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.
  2. Lauren Malyk, "Cameras roll on Compy Films’ Scarborough". Playback, August 26, 2019.
  3. "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
  4. Rebecca Rubin, "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup". Variety, July 28, 2021.
  5. Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 18, 2021.
  6. "Short doc explores North Bay's cold war past". CBC Northern Ontario, September 19, 2018.


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