# Terre Nash > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Terre_Nash > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Terre_Nash.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Nash > Source revision: 1239828820 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian film director (born 1947) **Mary Teresa "Terre" Nash** (born 1947) is a Canadian [Oscar](/source/Academy_Award)-winning film director. Her 1982 short documentary *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* won the [Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Short_Subject)). Nash was born in [Nanaimo](/source/Nanaimo), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia). She has a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in literature and sociology and an M.A. in behavioural science and communications from [Simon Fraser University](/source/Simon_Fraser_University). She received the President's Graduate Award, a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship and the Fonds FCAC Pour l’aide et le Soutien a la Research (Québec). In 1983, Nash earned a Ph.D. on the Dean's List, from [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) in [Montréal](/source/Montr%C3%A9al). She was the first recipient of the Alumni Award from Simon Fraser University, and was awarded "The Emily" from the [Emily Carr University of Art and Design](/source/Emily_Carr_University_of_Art_and_Design) in 2000. Nash has been a guest lecturer at the [Columbia School of Journalism](/source/Columbia_School_of_Journalism) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City); [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Montreal)) in Montréal; Memorial University, St. John's, NL; Emily Carr University of Art and Design in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver%2C_British_Columbia); [St. Mary's College](/source/Saint_Mary's_College_of_California) and [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) in California. Nash was the subject of the 1990 [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) documentary *If You Love Free Speech: An Unguided Tour to the Twilight Zone*, directed by Pierre Leduc. The documentary follows Nash on a journey to [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), in 1990, where she was invited to testify before a [Congressional](/source/United_States_Congress) hearing on free speech. This was the culmination of a 7-year battle, which saw her film *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* go from the Oscar podium to the [United States Supreme Court](/source/United_States_Supreme_Court), over a Justice Department ruling (The Foreign Agents Registration Act) which required the names of U.S. citizens who rented her film, be reported to the [FBI](/source/FBI).[1] ## Selected filmography - *Josef's Daughter* (2006) (editor) - *Boys on the Fringe* (2005) (editor) - *Pleasant Street* (2004) (editor) - *White Thunder* (2003) (editor, writer) - *My Left Breast* (2002) (editor) - *Niagara* (2000) 6-part series (co-editor, co-writer) - *After Darwin* (1999) (editor) - *Penny Lang: Stand Up on High Ground* (1998) (editor) - *Kathleen Shannon: on Film, Feminism and Other Dreams* (1996) (editor) - *[Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics](/source/Who's_Counting%3F_Marilyn_Waring_on_Sex%2C_Lies_and_Global_Economics)* (1995) (director, editor, writer) - *Mother Earth* (1991) (director and editor) - *Russian Diary* (1989) (director, editor and writer) - *A Love Affair with Politics* (1986) (director and editor) - *A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with [Margaret Laurence](/source/Margaret_Laurence)* (1985) (director) - *Speaking Our Peace* (1985) (writer and co-director with Bonnie Sherr Klein) - *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) (director and editor) (as Terri Nash) ## Selected awards - [Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Short_Subject)), *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) - American Film Festival (Blue Ribbon First Prize), *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) - Silver Medal, [Melbourne Film Festival](/source/Melbourne_International_Film_Festival), *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) - [Karlovy Vary](/source/Karlovy_Vary) Diploma, [Prague](/source/Prague), *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) - Atom Award, [Science Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Science_Film_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1), [Brazil](/source/Brazil), *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) - Leipzig Peace Prize, [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), [Germany](/source/Germany), *[If You Love This Planet](/source/If_You_Love_This_Planet)* (1982) - First Prize, [John Muir Film Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Muir_Film_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1), [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), *[Speaking Our Peace](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speaking_Our_Peace&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1985) - Opening Film, [Nairobi](/source/Nairobi) International Women's Film Festival, [Kenya](/source/Kenya), *[Speaking Our Peace](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speaking_Our_Peace&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1985) - Silver Award, [Vermont](/source/Vermont) Peace Film Festival, *[A Love Affair with Politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Love_Affair_with_Politics&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1986) - Bronze Plaque, [Columbus International Film Festival](/source/Columbus_International_Film_Festival), *[Russian Diary](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_Diary&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1989) - Ecocine Award for Best Editing, Brazil, *Mother Earth* (1991) - Genie Nomination for Best Feature Documentary, *[Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics](/source/Who's_Counting%3F_Marilyn_Waring_on_Sex%2C_Lies_and_Global_Economics)* (1995) - Prix du Publique, Festival du Cinema, [France](/source/France), *[Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics](/source/Who's_Counting%3F_Marilyn_Waring_on_Sex%2C_Lies_and_Global_Economics)* (1995) - Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival, *[Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics](/source/Who's_Counting%3F_Marilyn_Waring_on_Sex%2C_Lies_and_Global_Economics)* (1995) - Silver Plaque, [Chicago International Film Festival](/source/Chicago_International_Film_Festival), *[Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics](/source/Who's_Counting%3F_Marilyn_Waring_on_Sex%2C_Lies_and_Global_Economics)* (1995) - First Edition of Documentia, 2003, [Santa Cruz de Tenerife](/source/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife) International Women's Film Festival, *Sexo, Mentiras y Mundializacion*, named in honour of *Who's Counting?* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Nash Terre"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121013112432/http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/terre_nash/). National Film Board of Canada. Archived from [the original](http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/terre_nash/) on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-06-06. ## External links - [Terre Nash](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621815/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Watch films by Terre Nash](https://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/terre-nash), National Film Board of Canada Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States Netherlands Other IdRef Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Terre Nash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Nash) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Nash?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.