{{Short description|Canadian film director and producer}} '''Laurie Colbert''' is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. She works primarily but not exclusively in collaboration with Dominique Cardona.<ref name=stevenson>Seana Stevenson, [https://medium.com/the-muff-society/catch-and-release-interview-dominique-cardona-and-laurie-colbert-fb88f96b6582 "Catch and Release Interview: Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert"]. ''The Muff Blog'', July 13, 2020.</ref> The duo are most noted for their 1999 short film ''Below the Belt'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2000,<ref>"Maelstrom leads Genie nominations with 10 including best picture". ''Moose Jaw Times-Herald'', December 13, 2000.</ref> and their feature film ''Margarita'', which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2012.<ref name=margarita>[http://playbackonline.ca/2012/06/01/margarita-grabs-audience-award-at-inside-out-festival/ "Margarita grabs audience award at Inside Out Festival"]. ''Playback'', June 1, 2012.</ref>
Their other films have included the documentary shorts ''Thank God I'm a Lesbian'' (1992)<ref>Lindsay Brown, "Thank God I'm a Lesbian: Fascinating look at gay issues". ''Halifax Daily News'', October 1, 1993.</ref> and ''My Feminism'' (1997),<ref>Janice Kennedy, "Why the F-word is dangerous: Feminism still thrives -- although fewer people say they're feminists". ''Ottawa Citizen'', May 27, 1998.</ref> and the feature films ''Finn's Girl'' (2007)<ref name=variety>[https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/finn-s-girl-1200558227/ "Finn's Girl"]. ''Variety'', June 28, 2007.</ref> and ''Catch and Release'' (2018).<ref name=knight>Chris Knight, "Catch and Release doesn't bring enough nuance to abortion debate". ''National Post'', July 16, 2020.</ref> Finn wrote ''Finn's Girl'', but she and Cardona co-conceived the idea for the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisner |first=Ken |date=2008-06-04 |title=How Laurie Colbert raised Finn's Girl on a shoestring |url=https://www.straight.com/article-148431/girl-was-raised-shoestring |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}</ref>
Separately from Cardona, Colbert was an assistant director on Naomi McCormack's short film ''The Hangman's Bride''.
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