Norma Bailey (born 1949, in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian
film director. She has directed television movies, fictional and
documentary shorts, as well as feature films. In 2010, she was named
to the Order of Manitoba.Norma Bailey graduated from the University of
Manitoba and began her film career in Montreal as a production
assistant on Allan Moyle’s The Rubber Gun and David Cronenberg’s
Rabid. She joined the National Film Board of Canada, and her first
short, The Performer, made for the Canada Vignettes series, won a jury
prize for short film at the Cannes Film Festival. She has since
directed and produced numerous shorts, documentaries, features and
television dramas, including the Genie Award-winning Bordertown Café
in 1992.
film director. She has directed television movies, fictional and
documentary shorts, as well as feature films. In 2010, she was named
to the Order of Manitoba.Norma Bailey graduated from the University of
Manitoba and began her film career in Montreal as a production
assistant on Allan Moyle’s The Rubber Gun and David Cronenberg’s
Rabid. She joined the National Film Board of Canada, and her first
short, The Performer, made for the Canada Vignettes series, won a jury
prize for short film at the Cannes Film Festival. She has since
directed and produced numerous shorts, documentaries, features and
television dramas, including the Genie Award-winning Bordertown Café
in 1992.
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