SHEILA PYE was born near Hamilton, Ontario in 1978. She studied painting, photography, and video at the Ontario College of Art & Design, where she won the top scholarship for graduate studies. She completed her MFA in film production at Concordia Univeristy in Montreal and a residency at the Canadian Film Centre in the Director's Lab. She has written, directed, produced, 9 short films and is currently delveloping her first feature film "The Young Arsonists". Sheila also maintains an active art pratice, collaborating with her husband Nicholas, which integrates their collective intersets in performance, cinema, and large format still photography. Their work has been widely exhibited internationally in art galleries, museums, film festivals and was recently acquired by the Smithsonian's Institute's Hirshhorn Museum. Sheila has been the reciepient of numerous grants and awards for her filmmaking, and visual art. Her work is characterized by a unique visual style and darly poetic treatment of narrative forms. Sheila was recently short listed for the prestigous Cannes Festival du Residence in Paris, for the feature project she is working on. Currently she teaches at the Ontario College of Art & Design.
FILMOGRAPHY "Loudly, Death Unties" HD, 11:00 2007 co director/writer/producer "A Life of Errors" 16mm, 12:00 2006 co director/writer "Empty Room" 35mm, 18:26, 2006 director, Universal Studios, CFC "The Arsonist" 16mm, 14:00, 2005 director/writer/editor "Untitled" 16mm, 7:00, 2005 director "The Paper Wall" 16mm, 11:00, 2004 co director/writer/editor "Untitled" 16mm, 8:00, 2002, director/writer "The Lesson" 16mm, 8:00, 2001, director/writer "He's Showing Me his Shadows" 16mm, 11:00 min, 1999 director/writer
NICHOLAS PYE was born in Torquay, England in 1976. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada where he teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design. As a musician, Nicholas released and toured with 4 albums in the mid 90's. Moving from music to art Nicholas completed a Master of Fine Art degree at Concordia University in 2005, and received his undergraduate degree at the Ontario College of Art and Design in spring 2002. He maintains an active art practice, collaborating with his partner Sheila, which integrates their collective interests in performance, cinema, and large format still photography. Their work has been widely exhibited internationally in art galleries, museums, film festivals and was recently acquired by the Smithsonian's Institute's Hirshhorn Museum.
FILMOGRAPHY "The Earring" HD, 8:00, co-director/writer "Loudly, Death Unties" HD, 11:00, co-director/writer "Black Swan" HD, 11:00, co-director/writer "A Life of Errors" Super16mm, 12:00, 2006, co-director/writer "Untitled" 16mm, 7 installation loop "The Paper Wall" Super16mm, 11:00, 2004, co-director/writer
