Jennifer Holness is a Canadian film and television producer and
screenwriter, who is the business partner of Sudz Sutherland, also her
husband, in Hungry Eyes Film & Television. Her production and writing
credits include the film Love, Sex and Eating the Bones and the
television series Guns, She's the Mayor and Shoot the
Messenger.Holness also directed the documentary film Speakers for the
Dead, and produced Catherine Annau's documentary film Brick by
Brick.Jennifer Holness was born in 1969 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She
moved to Toronto, Canada, at a young age with her mother. She attended
York University, where she studied political science. This is also
where she met her husband David "Sudz" Sutherland. The two were
married after finishing their degrees at York University and have
three daughters.Holness has mentioned that growing up in a housing
project helped shape her view of the city and how she crafts her work.
The aim of her work has been a steady understanding of the stories
that most people do not want to direct; touching subjects about gun
violence, homophobia and deportation of immigrants in the city of
Toronto. Holness' professional career started with a documentary in
which she co-directed, Speakers for the Dead (2000) with her husband,
Sutherland. Following the success from Love, Sex And Eating the Bones,
Holness produced and co-wrote a miniseries for CBC titled Guns (2009).
She then went on to produce a documentary, Badge of Pride (2010),
which looked at the struggles that gay police officers faced in the
force. Holness went on to produce and co-write another feature film
titled Home Again (2012), in which follows Jamaican deportees from
Canada. Holness mentions that she obtained the inspiration for this
film from a classmate in high school who was deported back to Jamaica-
and killed in a shooting. It was in an attempt to challenge the bill
C-43 which stated that immigrants with criminal records could be
deported back to native countries. Her largest work to date with
husband David Sutherland with a production value of over 4 million.
screenwriter, who is the business partner of Sudz Sutherland, also her
husband, in Hungry Eyes Film & Television. Her production and writing
credits include the film Love, Sex and Eating the Bones and the
television series Guns, She's the Mayor and Shoot the
Messenger.Holness also directed the documentary film Speakers for the
Dead, and produced Catherine Annau's documentary film Brick by
Brick.Jennifer Holness was born in 1969 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She
moved to Toronto, Canada, at a young age with her mother. She attended
York University, where she studied political science. This is also
where she met her husband David "Sudz" Sutherland. The two were
married after finishing their degrees at York University and have
three daughters.Holness has mentioned that growing up in a housing
project helped shape her view of the city and how she crafts her work.
The aim of her work has been a steady understanding of the stories
that most people do not want to direct; touching subjects about gun
violence, homophobia and deportation of immigrants in the city of
Toronto. Holness' professional career started with a documentary in
which she co-directed, Speakers for the Dead (2000) with her husband,
Sutherland. Following the success from Love, Sex And Eating the Bones,
Holness produced and co-wrote a miniseries for CBC titled Guns (2009).
She then went on to produce a documentary, Badge of Pride (2010),
which looked at the struggles that gay police officers faced in the
force. Holness went on to produce and co-write another feature film
titled Home Again (2012), in which follows Jamaican deportees from
Canada. Holness mentions that she obtained the inspiration for this
film from a classmate in high school who was deported back to Jamaica-
and killed in a shooting. It was in an attempt to challenge the bill
C-43 which stated that immigrants with criminal records could be
deported back to native countries. Her largest work to date with
husband David Sutherland with a production value of over 4 million.
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