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Peg Campbell

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Peg Campbell is a Canadian filmmaker.[1] She is most noted for her short films It's a Party!, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Genie Awards,[2] and In Search of the Last Good Man, which won the same award at the 11th Genie Awards.[3]

Her other films have included Street Kids (1985), a documentary about youth homelessness;[4] Too Close for Comfort (1990), a short docudrama about an HIV-positive teenager;[5] and Your Mother Should Know (2008), a documentary film about mother-daughter relationships.[6]

She is a professor of film and video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Keeping an eye on the dark side: Filmmaker Peg Campbell has turned her camera on wife assault, racism and street kids. Her latest focus is an educational film about AIDS". The Globe and Mail, December 1, 1990.
  2. ^ "Genie promises skits both dramatic, comic". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1987.
  3. ^ "Jesus of Montreal in near sweep: Vancouver actress wins a Genie award". Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1990.
  4. ^ "Front line in the Film Board battle". Vancouver Sun, January 18, 1986.
  5. ^ "Reaction of teens disturbs film-maker". Vancouver Sun, November 30, 1990.
  6. ^ "Mothers and daughters featured at screening of two films". Bowen Island Undercurrent, February 26, 2009.
  7. ^ "Film students learn art, pursue careers; Emily Carr University's internship program offers field work, course credits". Vancouver Sun, September 16, 2008.