Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2018) Special Award
Adam Garnet Jones
アダム・ガーネット・ジョーンズ
Adamu Gānetto Jōnzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- c. 1982/1983 （Calgary, Alberta）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Calgary, Alberta → Edmonton, Alberta → British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- Film director, Screenwriter, Author
- Active Years
- 2006-2024
- Affiliations
- Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
- Nominations
- Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature (finalist, Fire Song novel), Canadian Screen Awards Best Original Screenplay (Great Great Great)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Islands Film and Television School | — | Film and Television | — | — | Canada |
| Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) | — | Film Studies | — | — | Canada |
Gulf Islands Film and Television School
Film and Television
Country:
Canada
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
Film Studies
Country:
Canada
Attended to study film.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Canwest Mentorship Award | — | — | imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival | Winner |
| 2008 | Best Short Drama | A Small Thing | — | imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival | Winner |
| 2011 | RBC Emerging Artist Award | Cloudbreaker, A Small Thing | — | Toronto Arts Foundation | Winner |
| 2013 | Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize | Wild Medicine | — | Writers Guild of Canada | Winner |
| 2015 | Air Canada Audience Choice Award | Fire Song | — | imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival | Winner |
| 2016 | Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature | Fire Song | — | Reel Out Kingston | Winner |
| 2017 | Best Screenplay | Great Great Great | — | Canadian Film Festival | Winner |
| 2017 | Best Feature Film | Great Great Great | — | Canadian Film Festival | Winner |
| 2019 | Independent Publisher Book Awards (Bronze Medalist, Young Adult Fiction) | Fire Song | Young Adult Fiction | — | Bronze Medalist |
Canwest Mentorship Award
2008
Organization:
imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival
Result:
Winner
Best Short Drama
2008
Work:
A Small Thing
Organization:
imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival
Result:
Winner
RBC Emerging Artist Award
2011
Work:
Cloudbreaker, A Small Thing
Organization:
Toronto Arts Foundation
Result:
Winner
Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize
2013
Work:
Wild Medicine
Organization:
Writers Guild of Canada
Result:
Winner
Air Canada Audience Choice Award
2015
Work:
Fire Song
Organization:
imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival
Result:
Winner
Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature
2016
Work:
Fire Song
Organization:
Reel Out Kingston
Result:
Winner
Best Screenplay
2017
Work:
Great Great Great
Organization:
Canadian Film Festival
Result:
Winner
Best Feature Film
2017
Work:
Great Great Great
Organization:
Canadian Film Festival
Result:
Winner
Independent Publisher Book Awards (Bronze Medalist, Young Adult Fiction)
2019
Work:
Fire Song
Category:
Young Adult Fiction
Result:
Bronze Medalist
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fire Song (novel)
2018 Young adult novelAdaptation of the film Fire Song into a young adult novel.
Indigenous cultureIdentityLGBTQ
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
2020 Anthology short storyShort story 'History of the New World' about dystopian future and Indigenous culture.
IndigenousSpeculative fictionTwo-Spirit
Legacy
Canadian Indigenous filmmaker and author focusing on LGBTQ and Indigenous themes.
In Popular Culture
- Creates beadwork jewelry featured in Rutherford Falls.
Trivia
- Cree, Métis, and Danish ancestry.
- Creates and sells beadwork jewelry on Etsy.