{{Short description|Canadian film and television director, and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Molly McGlynn | image = | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada | occupation = Director, screenwriter | years_active = 2010–present | parents = | website = }} '''Molly McGlynn''' is a [[Canadian Americans|Canadian American]] film and television director and screenwriter.<ref name="scorching">[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/molly-mcglynn-s-debut-feature-a-tiff-breakout-isn-t-a-comedy-or-drama-just-scorchingly-true-1.4291926 "Molly McGlynn's debut feature – a TIFF breakout – isn't a comedy or drama, just 'scorchingly true'"]. [[CBC Arts]], September 15, 2017.</ref> She is known for her feature films ''[[Mary Goes Round]]'', for which she won the [[Jay Scott Prize]] from the [[Toronto Film Critics Association]],<ref name="Anthro">Pinto, Jordan. [http://playbackonline.ca/2019/01/09/anthropocene-claims-top-canadian-honours-at-tfca-annual-gala "Anthropocene claims top Canadian honours at TFCA annual gala"], ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', January 9, 2019.</ref> and ''[[Fitting In]]'', which won the award for [[Vancouver International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film|Best Canadian Film]] at the [[2023 Vancouver International Film Festival]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of this year's Canadian film awards: Director Molly McGlynn's Fitting In wins VIFF's Best Canadian Film award |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/vancouver-international-film-festival-announces-winners-of-this-years-canadian-film-awards |website=Vancouver Sun}}</ref>
== Early life == Originally from [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]],<ref name="scorching" /> McGlynn and her family moved to [[New Jersey]] when she was five. She grew up in the United States but returned to Canada for university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirkpatrick |first=Harvey |date=February 6, 2018|title=Six Questions for Molly McGlynn |url=https://www.kingstonist.com/culture/molly-mcglynn-interview-52282/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Kingstonist News}}</ref> McGlynn studied film at [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen’s University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]] and television writing and production at [[Humber College]] in [[Toronto]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career == McGlynn began her career making short films, including ''Office Daydreams'', ''I Am Not a Weird Person'', ''Shoes'', ''Given Your History'', and ''3-Way (Not Calling)''.<ref name=":0">[http://playbackonline.ca/2017/09/11/playbacks-2017-5-2-watch-molly-mcglynn/ "Playback’s 2017 5 2 Watch: Molly McGlynn"]. ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', September 11, 2017.</ref> In 2013, ''Shoes'' tracked the life cycle of a pair of shoes and earned her a nomination for Best Short Film at the [[Female Eye Film Festival]].<ref name=":0" /> ''3-Way (Not Calling)''—which stars [[Emma Hunter (actress)|Emma Hunter]], [[Kristian Bruun]], and [[Emily Coutts]]—premiered at the [[2016 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=3-Way (Not Calling) by Molly McGlynn {{!}} Short Film|url=https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/08/04/3-way-not-calling|access-date=December 17, 2020|website=Short of the Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rejection is How You Become a Filmmaker|url=https://www.tiff.net/the-review/rejection-is-how-you-become-a-filmmaker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018124737/http://www.tiff.net/the-review/rejection-is-how-you-become-a-filmmaker/|archive-date=October 18, 2016 |publisher=[[Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]] |author=Molly McGlynn|date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>
In 2017, McGlynn made her [[List of directorial debuts|feature film directorial debut]] with ''[[Mary Goes Round]]'', starring [[Aya Cash]]. She developed the screenplay at the [[Canadian Film Centre]].<ref name=":0" /> It was screened in the Discovery section at the [[2017 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="adds22Aug">{{cite web |date=August 22, 2017|url=https://www.thewrap.com/toronto-film-festival-adds-international-films-angelina-jolie-javier-bardem/ |title=Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem |accessdate= August 28, 2017|work=The Wrap}}</ref> The film centres on Mary, a substance abuse counsellor who loses her job after getting arrested for [[drunk driving]]. Returning to her hometown to visit her estranged father, she struggles to cope with the revelations that her father is terminally ill and that she has a teenage half-sister she has never met.<ref>[https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/mary-goes-round-review-1202558943/ "Toronto Film Review: ‘Mary Goes Round’"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', September 15, 2017.</ref> For her work on the film, McGlynn won the [[Jay Scott Prize]] for emerging filmmakers from the [[Toronto Film Critics Association]].<ref name=Anthro/>
In 2018, she directed episodes of the web series ''[[How to Buy a Baby]]'', for which she won the [[Indie Series Awards|Indie Series Award]] for [[Indie Series Awards#Categories|Best Directing — Comedy]] at the [[9th Indie Series Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 6, 2018|first=Lauren|last=Malyk|title=How to Buy a Baby wins best comedy at the Indie Series Awards|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2018/04/06/how-to-buy-a-baby-wins-best-comedy-at-the-indie-series-awards/|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref> Since then, she has directed episodes of the television series ''[[Workin' Moms]]'', ''[[Bad Blood (TV series)|Bad Blood]]'', ''[[Speechless (TV series)|Speechless]]'', ''[[Little Dog (TV series)|Little Dog]]'', ''[[Grown-ish]]'', ''[[Bless This Mess (TV series)|Bless This Mess]]'', ''[[The Wonder Years (2021 TV series)|The Wonder Years]]'', ''[[Kenan (TV series)|Kenan]]'' and ''[[Animal Control (TV series)|Animal Control]]''.
McGlynn received [[Toronto International Film Festival]]'s Micki Moore Residency in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kay |first=Jeremy |date=August 24, 2020 |title=TIFF sets Emerging Talent Award recipient, Halle Berry talk, 2020 Rising Stars |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/tiff-sets-emerging-talent-award-recipient-halle-berry-talk-2020-rising-stars/5152534.article |access-date=October 3, 2022|website=Screen Daily}}</ref> She wrote and directed the film ''[[Fitting In]]'', starring [[Maddie Ziegler]] and [[Emily Hampshire]], which premiered at [[South by Southwest]] under the name ''Bloody Hell'' on March 13, 2023.<ref>Harvey, Dennis. [https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/bloody-hell-review-1235554331 "''Bloody Hell'' Review: A Teen Sex Comedy Thrown a Curveball by Mother Nature"], ''Variety'', March 14, 2023; and Saito, Stephen. [https://moveablefest.com/molly-mcglynn-bloody-hell "SXSW 2023 Review: A Dire Prognosis Opens Up Emotional Floodgates in Molly McGlynn’s ''Bloody Hell''"], ''The Moveable Fest'',·March 14, 2023</ref>
Her 2023 feature film ''[[Fitting In]]'' premiered at [[SXSW]],<ref name="Oddo">Oddo, Marco Vito. [https://collider.com/bloody-hell-movie-review/ "''Bloody Hell'' Review: Maddie Ziegler Struggles with Womanhood in Coming-of-Age Story"], ''[[Collider (website)|Collider]]'', March 14, 2023; and Dunlap, Sage. [https://thedailytexan.com/2023/03/16/bloody-hell-empowers-with-unique-coming-of-age-story "''Bloody Hell'' empowers with unique coming-of-age story"], ''[[The Daily Texan]]'', March 16, 2023</ref><ref name="Bradley">Bradley, Laura. [https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/maddie-zieglers-bloody-hell-sxsw-review-absolutely-brilliant "Maddie Ziegler's SXSW 'Traumedy' ''Bloody Hell'' Is Brilliant – With a Period Twist"], ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', March 18, 2023</ref> and won the award for [[Vancouver International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film|Best Canadian Film]] at the [[2023 Vancouver International Film Festival]].<ref name=":1" />
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