Sharon Corder

Sharon Corder is an American writer, producer, and educator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With her husband Jack Blum, she has written and produced more than fifty hours of television drama for both Canadian and American broadcasters. In 2005, Blum and Corder began Reel Canada, their non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating Canadian film.

Biography

= Early life and education =

Born in Waco, Texas into a military family, Corder moved across the American Southwest according to her father's deployments, including Hawaii and Japan. She trained in theatre at the University of California at Davis.

= Career =

In the mid-1970s, Corder moved to Vancouver to pursue a theatrical career. There, she founded the Genesis Company Theatre,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGpWnv0L61wC&q=%22genesis+company+theatre%22&pg=PA215|title=Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000|last=Holmes|first=Gillian|date=1999-06-01|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9780920966556|language=en}} playing leading roles as an actor in travelling productions across Canada. In 1985, she met and began working with Jack Blum, who would become her co-writer and co-producer on Canadian television series like Traders, Catwalk, and Power Play.

In 1998, Corder and Blum wrote and produced [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147867/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Babyface], which premiered at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes.Pratley, G. (2003) A Century of Canadian Cinema, Lynx Images {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}, pg 260

= Charity work =

In 2005, Corder and Blum founded Reel Canada, an educational program entitled "Our Films in Our Schools" aimed at promoting Canadian film in high schools. The initiative has since spawned "Welcome to Canada," a Canadian film summit for newcomers to Canada, and "National Canadian Film Day," a one-day country-wide celebration of Canadian film with local screening partners in every province and territory. Corder is the Artistic Director of Reel Canada.

Filmography

= Movies =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1985

|The Hospital (short)

|Writer

1986

|Jack of Hearts (short)

|Writer

1987

|Street Justice

|Reporter

1988

|The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

|Sarah Glick

1989

|Speaking Parts

|Hotel Manager (voice)

1993

|Small Pleasures

|Script Editor

1997

|The Sweet Hereafter

|Special Thanks

1998

|Babyface

|Joyce, Producer, Writer

2002

|Ararat

|Special Thanks

2008

|Adoration

|Passenger, Professor On-Line

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1989

|The Twilight Zone (1985){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spVkCwAAQBAJ&q=%22sharon+corder%22&pg=PT401|title=The Twilight Zone FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Fifth Dimension and Beyond|last=Thompson|first=Dave|date=2015-11-01|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781495046100|language=en}}

|Technician

|1 Episode: The Wall

1989

|Alfred Hitchcock Presents

|Writer

|1 Episode: Mirror Mirror

1990-91

|Dracula: The Series{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxpDUAFrwfwC&q=%22sharon+corder%22&pg=PT433|title=Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|date=2008-05-09|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604169|language=en}}

|Writer

1990-92

|Max Glick

|Writer

|1 Episode: The Matchmaker

1990-94

|Top Cops

|Writer

|2 episodes

1992-94

|Catwalk

|Story Editor

1995

|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

|Writer

|1 Episode: Deadly Fashion

1996

|Traders

|Co-Producer, Writer

|13 episodes: The Enemy Without, The Big Picture, Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth, The Enemy Within, Rumours, Into That Good Night, Dancing with Mr. D, From Russia with Love, ...Long Live the King, The King is Dead..., Bad is Good, Pennies from Heaven, Options

1997-98

|Once a Thief

|Writer

|2 episodes: Little Sister, Mac Daddy

1998-99

|Power Play

|Writer

|5 episodes: The Mask, Resign or Re-Sign, Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms, All for One