About
Canadian director of critically acclaimed films such as I've Heard the Mermaids Sing and Mansfield Park.
Before Fame
She was not allowed to watch television growing up and didn't go to her first movie until age 16.
Trivia
Her film I've Heard the Mermaids Sing was voted as one of the 10 best Canadian films ever as polled by 100 international critics.
Family Life
She had two children named Evy and Jacoba with her former partner, film composer Lesley Barber. She later began dating head of CBC Radio Heather Conway.
Associated With
Her 2000 film Happy Days was an adaptation of the Samuel Beckett play of the same name.
