Humble and promising beginnings…

After graduating from Ryerson University’s Media Arts program, Abigail had already four award-winning films under her belt, I Need a Goddess, Lost Soul, Innerstate and Jules, which were co-produced by Bravo in Toronto, Canada.

I Need a Goddess and Lost Soul immediately were sold to WTN (Women’s Television Network), while Lost Soul went on to be one of two Canadian Films to be chosen by the UFVA (American International Film Festival). As well, it was a feature exhibit at The AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) and was shown at The Montreal Film Festival.

Abigail’s documentary, Innerstate, garnered her more accolades having been invited to the BBC British Short Film Festival, and winning second place at the TVO Telefest Awards. It was also nominated for The Jay Scott Award of Excellency, for best editing and best cinematography.

Success!

Jules has been Abigail’s biggest success. It has been aired on WTN, BC Network, Saskatchewan Network and Bravo. It was shown at The Montreal Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival (winning the Award of Merit alongside Hanna Barbara), the Toronto Worldwide Festival, the Inside Out Festival in Washington, DC Festival, the San Francisco Festival, the Montreal Nations and Images Festival, The Absolute Vodka and Frameline 3-month North American tour, the Sydney Australia Festival, the Korea Film Festival. It was also featured on the filmfilm.com web site and the clickflick.com web site where it won the audience and critics’ choice award from UNIVERSAL FILMS.

Abigail has also delved into the area of production. She produced a feature called Probability Zero. As well, over the last four years, she has worked as a producer/writer/director for almost every major television station in Canada, including; Alliance/Atlantis, Showcase, History Television, TMN, TVOkids, TVO Network and CTV where she worked for Canada AM, CFTO News, Entertainment and the Discovery Channel.

Abigail’s big and bold move to Los Angeles, California…

In June 2003 Abigail moved to Los Angeles, California and has returned to her creative roots while shooting a few commercials. Meanwhile, Jules was signed to a distribution deal with Hypnotic Films; a subsidiary of UNIVERSAL FILMS. Together with her creative partner, Jay Krishan, Jules has been developed into a television series with an original promo. The promo caught the eye of rock star Billy Idol and together they recorded a promotional audio version of the first episode.

Making connections….breaking the glass ceiling?

In September 2006, Abigail directed and produced her new 35mm short film, Laundry. This film was written and Executive Produced by Terry Rossio, who wrote Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, & 3, Shrek 1 & 2 and The Mask of Zorro.

In May 2007, the creators of On The Lot, Mark Burnett & Steven Spielberg, hand picked Abigail to create a movie-in-a-week challenge, which resulted with the film, Love Birds, and secured her a place in the top 50 out of 12,500 applicants. As a result, DreamWorks signed Abigail to a two-year First Look deal.

Now in post production, Represent is a new Television pilot that Abigail has Directed and Produced and will be released in February 2009.

Abigail continues to break the glass ceiling and set herself apart from many others who dream of making it big in the film industry with her tenacity, courage and unique talent.