Jem Garrard

Jem Garrard is a British-Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Garrard is the creator and showrunner on the space opera series Vagrant Queen released in 2020, and the award winning mockumentary webseries Android Employed, which ran from 2017 to 2018. They directed the fourth series of comedy-drama You Me Her in 2019, and episodes of Wynonna Earp and Motherland: Fort Salem. Garrard has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Mech-X4 and won a Leo Award in 2018.

Jem Garrard identifies as queer and non-binary. They live in Vancouver, BC with their family.

Filmography
Title Year Position Notes Refs
Playground 2013 Director, Cinematographer Season 1, 4 Eps. [1]
Guns to Mics 2015 Director, Cinematographer Documentary [2]
The Switch 2016 Director, Story Editor Season 1 [3]
Murderer Upstairs 2016 Director TV Movie [4]
Christmas at Holly Lodge 2017 Director TV Movie
Android Employed 2017-2018 Creator, Director Seasons 1 & 2, 8 Eps. [5]
Cooking with Love 2018 Director TV Movie
Mech-X4 2017-2018 Director Season 2, 4 Eps. [6]
Killer High 2018 Director TV movie [7]
You Me Her 2019 Director Season 4 [8]
Vagrant Queen 2020 Executive Producer, Director, Created for Television by, Showrunner Series [9]
Wynonna Earp 2021 Director Season 4, Episode #46: "Crazy" [10]
Day of the Dead Episodes 8-10:
"To Anyone Who Can Hear My Voice"/
"Death Comes to Paymart"
Charmed 2022 Episode 66: "Cats And Camels and Elephants, Oh My"

Awards and nominations
  • 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards - Nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Children's, Preschool Children's or Family Viewing Program for Mech-X4[11]
  • 2019 Directors Guild of Canada - Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Killer High[12]
  • 2018 Banff Television Festival - Nominated for Banff Rockie Award for Best Digital Fiction Series for Android Employed
  • 2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed[13]
  • 2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed[14]
  • 2018 Leo Awards - Nominated for Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series for Mech-X4 episode "X4 Versus The Dark Night"[15]
  • 2018 Leo Awards - Won for Best Screenwriting in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for Android Employed episode "The Second Unit Team"[16]
  • 2016 Canada Shorts Film Festival - Nominated, Finalist for Disappeared
  • 2016 East Van Showcase - Won Jury Prize for Best Short Film (Haunted Saloon)
  • 2016 Juggernaut Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Film Festival - Nominated for Hecate Female Filmmaker Award for The Wolf Who Came to Dinner
  • 2015 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards - Nominated for LAIFF July Award for Best Comedy/Dramedy for The Wolf Who Came to Dinner[17]

References
  1. "Director Jem Garrard talks Monsters, Childhood, and 'The Wolf Who Came to Dinner'".
  2. https://www.storyhive.com/creator/profile/id/85055
  3. "Director Jem Garrard talks Monsters, Childhood, and 'The Wolf Who Came to Dinner'".
  4. "'Secrets Of My Stepdaughter': Lifetime True Story Movie Inspired By Brittany Norwood Lululemon Yoga Murder". Archived from the original on 2017-05-20.
  5. "The robots are coming: 'Android Employed' imagines a near future where robots join the workforce".
  6. "Syfy's 'Vagrant Queen': Adriyan Rae to Star in Live-Action Space Tale". 17 May 2019.
  7. "[Exclusive] Syfy Brings a Giant Warthog to a High School Reunion in Bloody, Super Fun 'Killer High' Trailer". 18 September 2018.
  8. "'You Me Her' to End with Season 5 on Audience Network". 10 May 2019.
  9. "SyFy Orders "Vagrant Queen," A Space Opera with All-Women Writers and Directors".
  10. Crazy
  11. http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime-46th-nominations-release-with-credits.pdf
  12. "Nominees announced for 18th Annual DGC Awards".
  13. "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  14. "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  15. "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  16. "Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  17. "July 2015".
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