Elizabeth St. Philip is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 2020 film 9/11 Kids.John Doyle, "Circus of Books and 9/11 Kids: Two great stories of growing up in strange circumstances in the U.S.". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2020.
She was formerly a producer for CTV News, who worked on both CTV National News and W5.Jen McNeely, "Where are they now? 9/11 Kids at Hot Docs shares the story of the children who were in the classroom when President Bush first heard about the 9/11 Attacks". She Does the City, April 23, 2020. She made her debut as a filmmaker in 2010 with the short documentary film The Colour of Beauty, about Black women in fashion modelling."Black model's struggle highlighted in film". CBC Arts, May 11, 2010.
She joined Blue Ant Media as a producer in 2022,"Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue, March 17, 2022. later joining TVOntario in 2023 as director of program development in 2023.Kelly Townsend, "TVO expands leadership team with four new roles". Playback, June 19, 2023. Also in 2023 she directed Inside the Statue Wars, a documentary which aired on the CBC Television series The Passionate Eye.Elisabetta Bianchini, "'Inside the Statue Wars' documentary sparks in-depth discussions on statues linked to history of colonization". Yahoo! News, October 5, 2023.
Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Canadian Screen Awards 2016 Best News or Information Segment W5: "Gordie's Comeback"with Avis Favaro, Jerry Vienneau, Brian Mellersh, André Lapalme 2021 Donald Brittain Award 9/11 Kidswith Steve Gamester, Michael Kot, Betty Orr Kim Izzo, "Canadian Screen Award winners for non-fiction categories revealed". RealScreen, May 17, 2021. Best Direction in a Documentary Program 9/11 Kids Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021. 2024 Donald Brittain Award The Passionate Eye: "Inside the Statue Wars"with Steve Gamester, Yuma Dean Hester, Michael Kot Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View, March 6, 2024. Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2020 Rogers Audience Award 9/11 Kids Katie Scott, "Marineland documentary takes top prize at Hot Docs 2020". Global News, June 8, 2020.
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