About Shelley Saywell – Filmmaker

Shelley Saywell is a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose films focus on social/political and human rights issues. Last year Saywell was honoured to participate in the pilot CFC-NFB Feature Documentary program. Saywell has received numerous awards including an Emmy for outstanding investigative journalism, 2 Hot Docs Best Feature Documentary Awards, 3 Gemini Awards, and the Gandhi Medal for Promoting the Culture of Peace.

Shelley Saywell is author of Women in War (Penguin Books), and contributing author to Ourselves Among Others (St. Martins Press).

Filmography:

The Nanny Business, In the Name of the Family, Devil’s Bargain, Martyr Street, Hamas Behind the Mask, Angry Girls, Generation of Hate, Generation X-Saddam, Streetnurse, A Child’s Century of War, Out of the Fire, Crimes of Honour, Legacy of Terror, Kim’s Story, Rape a Crime of War, Fire and Water, No Man’s Land: Women Frontline Journalists, Shahira.

Website: www.bisharifilms.com