Catherine Bainbridge is a Canadian director, writer, and producer. She co-founded Rezolution Pictures, a Montreal-based film and television production company focusing primarily on Canadian Aboriginal productions, with director/writer/producer Ernest Webb in 2001.
Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana wrote and directed Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World to highlight the role of Indigenous artists in American music history.
With Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond she codirected the award-winning 2009 documentary Reel Injun, about the portrayal of Native Americans in movies, and the 2024 documentary Red Fever, about cultural appropriation and the Western world's pop culture fascination with the stereotypical imagery of Indigenous people.
Filmography YearFilmDirectorProducerWriterAwards and NominationsNotes2004One More River: The Deal That Split the CreeYesDocumentary2004Heavy Metal: A Mining Disaster in Northern QuebecYesYesDocumentary2007Mommy, MommyYesYesTV movie documentary2007Moose TVYesTV series2008Club NativeYesDocumentary2009The Last ExplorerYesDocumentary2009Reel InjunYesYesYesWon - Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program, Canada Award (2009) Nominated - Gemini Award - Donald Brittain Award (2010)Documentary2010Down the Mighty RiverYesYesTV mini-series Documentary2010Independent LensYesYesYesTV series documentary2011Working It Out TogetherYesTV series documentary2012Smoke TradersYesYesYesDocumentary2013Indians + Aliens IYesTV series documentary2014Working It Out Together IIYesTV series documentary2014The Wolverine: The Fight of the James Bay CreeYesDocumentary Short2015The Oka LegacyYesDocumentary2016Butterhead's Guide to the GalaxyYesTV mini-series2017Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the WorldYesYesWon - Biograflim Festival Audience Award for Biografilm Music (2017) Won - Boulder International Film Festival Best Music Documentary (2017)
Won - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Audience Award, Best Documentary (2017)
Won - Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize in Masterful Storytelling for World Cinema - Documentary (2017)
Nominated - Sydney Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary (2017)
Nominated - Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival Golden Alexander in International Competition (2017)
Nominated - Cleveland International Film Festival Music Movies Competition (2017)Documentary2010 - 2017Mohawk Girls YesYesNominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series (2010, 2016)TV series2024Red FeverYesYesCodirected with Neil Diamond
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