About

Shannon Walsh

Shannon Walsh is an award-winning filmmaker and writer whose work explores power, intimacy, labour and social change. A Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, her films have screened internationally at festivals including SXSW, IDFA, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX and DOC NYC, as well as at institutions including the Venice Biennale and the Centre Pompidou.

Her films have been released theatrically and broadcast internationally, and move between intimate character-driven storytelling and larger questions about work, inequality, climate, grief and the ways people make lives together.

Walsh is also the author of The Documentary Filmmaker’s Intuition (Routledge, 2024) and has published widely on documentary, visual methods, inequality and social justice. She is an Associate Professor of Film Production at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg.