Sheldon Wilson

{{Short description|Canadian film director}}

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Sheldon Wilson is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is known for directing Shallow Ground (2004) and The Unspoken (2015), and has also directed several Sci Fi Pictures original films, including Kaw (2006), Carny (2009), Mothman, Red: Werewolf Hunter (both 2010), and Scarecrow (2013).

Selected filmography

=Film=

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! Year

! Title

! width="65"| Director

! width="65"| Writer

! width="65"| Producer

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2001

| Night Class

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2004

| Shallow Ground

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite magazine|title=Shallow Ground|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YiGAAAAIAAJ|magazine=Sight and Sound|volume=15|issue=7–12|page=7|issn=0037-4806}}

2009

| Screamers: The Hunting

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| Direct-to-video film

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rowspan=2 | 2015

| Shark Killer

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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The Unspoken

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web|url=https://dailydead.com/qa-director-sheldon-wilson-on-filming-the-unspoken-and-the-night-before-halloween/|title=Q&A: Director Sheldon Wilson Discusses Filming The Unspoken and The Night Before Halloween|last=Anderson|first=Derek|date=December 6, 2016|website=The Daily Dead|access-date=October 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/unspoken-941991/|title='The Unspoken': Film Review|last=Lowe|first=Justin|date=October 28, 2016|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=October 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/movies/the-unspoken-review.html|title=Review: 'The Unspoken': If You Move Here, Find a Realtor Fast|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=October 27, 2016|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 16, 2023}}

=Television=

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! Year

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2006

| Kaw

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| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite book|editor-last1=Freitag|editor-first1=Gina|editor-last2=Loiselle|editor-first2=André|date=2015|title=The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3G4hCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA136|publisher=University of Toronto Press|pages=136, 144|isbn=978-1-4426-2850-2}}

2009

| Carny

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| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Weinstock|2021|p=108–109}}

rowspan=2 | 2010

| Mothman

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| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Weinstock|2021|p=109}}{{cite book|editor-last1=Wigard|editor-first1=Justin|editor-last2=Ploskonka|editor-first2=Mitch|date=2023|title=Attack of the New B Movies: Essays on SYFY Original Films|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-1476683232}}

Red: Werewolf Hunter

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| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite book|editor-last1=Zipes|editor-first1=Jack|editor-last2=Greenhill|editor-first2=Pauline|editor-last3=Magnus-Johnson|editor-first3=Kendra|date=2015|title=Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney: International Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc-PCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|publisher=Routledge|page=3|isbn=978-0-415-70930-9}}

rowspan=3 | 2011

| Mega Cyclone

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| {{yes|Co-writer}}

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| Television film
Co-wrote with David Ray
also known as Super Storm

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Killer Mountain

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/26639/killer-mountain-2011/|title=Killer Mountain (2011)|last=Foy|first=Scott "Foywonder"|date=August 31, 2011|website=Dread Central|access-date=October 16, 2023}}

Snowmageddon

| {{yes}}

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| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite book|last=DuPée|first=Matthew C.|date=2022|title=A Scary Little Christmas: A History of Yuletide Horror Films, 1972–2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYl0EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA336|publisher=McFarland & Company|page=336|isbn=978-1476679990}}

rowspan=3 | 2013

| Cold Spring

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| Television film

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Scarecrow

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| Television film

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Grave Halloween

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| {{yes|Co-writer}}

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| Television film
Co-wrote with Ryan W. Smith

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2015

| The Hollow

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| {{partial|Story}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| Television film

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2016

| The Night Before Halloween

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| Television film

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rowspan=2 | 2017

| Neverknock

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| Television film

| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3462355/exclusive-neverknock-trailer-brings-halloween-horrors-syfy/|title=[Exclusive] 'NeverKnock' Trailer Brings Halloween Horrors to Syfy|last=Squires|first=John|date=October 2, 2017|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=October 16, 2023}}

Stickman

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| Television film

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2018

| Dead in the Water

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| Television film

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2020–2021

| Between Black and Blue

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| {{yes}}

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| Documentary miniseries
4 episodes

| style="text-align: center;" | {{cite news|last=Gomez|first=Adrian|date=January 22, 2021|title=Fight for Justice|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States|page=20}}

References

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=Bibliography=

  • {{cite book|editor-last=Weinstock|editor-first=Jeffrey Andrew|date=2021|title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1032179766}}