Asia Youngman

{{Short description|Cree-Métis filmmaker from Canada}} '''Asia Youngman''' is a Cree-Métis filmmaker from Canada.<ref>Jordan Pinto, [https://playbackonline.ca/2020/10/21/playbacks-10-to-watch-asia-youngman/ "Playback’s 10 to Watch: Asia Youngman"]. ''Playback'', October 21, 2020.</ref>

In 2017 she released her debut short documentary film ''Lelum''',<ref>[https://www.squamishchief.com/in-the-community/squamish-featured-in-new-first-nations-documentary-3347274 "Squamish featured in new First Nations documentary"]. ''The Squamish Chief'', October 20, 2017.</ref> which won the award for Best Documentary Short at the 2017 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.<ref>[https://www.northernstars.ca/imaginenative-wraps-awards/ "imagineNATIVE Wraps with Awards"]. ''Northern Stars'', October 23, 2017.</ref>

In 2018, she was one of eight women filmmakers selected for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Apprenticeship for Women Directors program, alongside Kathleen Hepburn, Kirsten Carthew, Alicia K. Harris, Allison White, Tiffany Hsiung, Halima Ouardiri, and Kristina Wagenbauer.<ref>Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2018/08/20/canadian-academy-selects-eight-for-second-annual-mentorship-program/ "Canadian Academy selects eight for second annual mentorship program"]. ''Playback'', August 20, 2018.</ref> In the same year Youngman and Trevor Mack collaborated on the short documentary ''In the Valley of Wild Horses''.<ref>Emilee Gilpin, [https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/10/12/news/emerging-indigenous-filmmakers-feature-indigenous-cowboys-bc-valley-wild-horses "Emerging Indigenous filmmakers feature Indigenous cowboys of B.C. 'In the Valley of Wild Horses'"]. ''National Observer'', October 12, 2018.</ref>

In 2019, Youngman released ''This Ink Runs Deep,'' a short documentary about Indigenous tattooing traditions.<ref name=thisink>[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-ink-runs-deep-how-indigenous-artists-stitch-themselves-back-together-with-ancestral-tattooing-1.5309170 "This Ink Runs Deep: How Indigenous artists 'stitch themselves back together' with ancestral tattooing"]. CBC Arts, October 4, 2019.</ref> It won the award for Best Short Documentary at the 2019 Calgary International Film Festival.<ref name=thisink/> In 2021, she released ''Hatha'', her first narrative short film, and followed up in 2022 with ''N'xaxaitkw''.<ref>Twila Amato, [https://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/entertainment/peachland-set-to-star-in-fantasy-thriller-film-about-nxaxaitkw-a-k-a-the-ogopogo/ "Peachland set to star in fantasy thriller film about N’xaxaitk’w — a.k.a. the Ogopogo"]. ''Penticton Western News'', June 21, 2021.</ref>

In 2023, Youngman and Kathleen Jayme collaborated on ''I'm Just Here for the Riot'', a feature documentary about the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holliday |first1=Ian |title='I'm Just Here for the Riot': Vancouver directors to tackle 2011 Stanley Cup riot in ESPN documentary |date=March 25, 2023 |url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/i-m-just-here-for-the-riot-vancouver-directors-to-tackle-2011-stanley-cup-riot-in-espn-documentary-1.6329113 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325211233/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/i-m-just-here-for-the-riot-vancouver-directors-to-tackle-2011-stanley-cup-riot-in-espn-documentary-1.6329113 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |publisher=CTV News}}</ref> The film premiered at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Punter |first1=Jennie |title=Western Canadian Filmmakers, Industry Professionals Up Their Game at Hot Docs |date=May 4, 2023 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/western-canada-hot-docs-1235603122/ |work=Variety}}</ref>

In 2025 Youngman won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for her short film ''Delta Dawn''.<ref>Matthew Carey, [https://deadline.com/2025/05/2025-hot-docs-awards-announcement-1236384516/ "Hot Docs Announces Prizes: Awards Go To ‘I, Poppy,’ ‘River Of Grass,’ ‘Paul,’ ‘Khartoum’ And More"]. ''Deadline Hollywood'', May 2, 2025.</ref>

Youngman has also directed episodes of the television series ''Odd Squad'', ''Odd Squad Mobile Unit'' and ''Amplify'', and the television film ''The Hillsdale Adoption Scam''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Youngman, Asia}} Category:Canadian documentary film directors Category:Canadian women film directors Category:Canadian television directors Category:Canadian women television directors Category:Film directors from British Columbia Category:First Nations filmmakers Category:Cree people Category:Canadian Métis women Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Canadian women documentary filmmakers