Anita Reilly McGee

Directing

Birthplace: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Anita Reilly McGee is an award-winning filmmaker whose shorts include "New Neighbours" (Canal+ Honorable Mention), "Little Dickie", (Venice, Toronto, Palm Springs, Sydney), and "Dinner For One", which won Best Short at Cinequest 2007 and the Runner Up certificate for the BAFTA/LA short film award. In 2003, she produced/directed her first feature "The Bread Maker", which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. She also produced the Gemini award-winning drama "Clothesline Patch" for CBC Television and was the line producer on the Showcase series "Kink" and the feature films "A Stone's Throw" (DIR: Camelia Frieberg, 2006) and "Whole New Thing" (DIR: Amnon Buchbinder, 2005). Reilly McGee was born in Elgin, Illinois and grew up in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre, from Toronto's York University, where she graduated with honors. Up until recently, Reilly McGee lived and worked on the East Coast of Canada. She has recently moved to British Columbia to further her career.