Shane Belcourt is a two-time CSA-nominated director, with award-winning narrative and documentary works in both film and TV. He has directed two narrative feature films, Tkaronto (showcased in the TIFF Indigenous Cinema Retrospective) and Red Rover (premiered at the Whistler Film Festival; available on Amazon Prime). In documentary, Shane directed Kaha:wi, which won a CSC award for Best Cinematography in 2016, along with a CSA Best Director nomination. Shane co-directed the CBC one-hour Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier, imagineNATIVE Best Doc winner. Shane also created Amplify, a 13-part music documentary series on APTN.  Recently, Shane directed the feature documentary Beautiful Scars, about internationally acclaimed songwriter Tom Wilson, and is in post-production on his third narrative feature film, Warrior Song (late 2023 release). Next, Shane will direct the feature documentary Nadaamaais for CBC Films (fall 2022), based around the 1974 Anicinabe Park Occupation and to be written by Tanya Talaga.  Shane is an alumna of the TIFF Talent Lab and NSI’s Totally Television programs, and a member of the DGC.