TRICIA COLLINS

DIRECTOR | ACTOR | WRITER

Over the last 11 years, Tricia has written, directed and starred in a wide variety of films, plays and television shows. From Science Fiction to diverse, female-driven action, Tricia balances her love of powerful dramatic feature films with stories that reflect diversity in the world around her. In 2018, Tricia’s short film Clinch received a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Richard Harris International Film Festival in Ireland and won for Best Actress at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. Tricia’s short films and plays have been presented at numerous festivals and received critical acclaim. In 2008, Tricia wrote, produced and starred in an internationally touring theatrical play Gravity, that opened the prestigious Caribbean Festival of the Arts in Guyana and Trinidad and was attended by the Prime Minister and President. Her work has been positively reviewed in the Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, The Courier, The Guyana Sunday Times and The Stabroek News. She is currently developing several feature films, television projects and a book adaptation of the novel When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai.

SCREENWRITING

CLINCH

Theatrical Feature Film (2019).

CLINCH: A Violent Love Story

Short Film, RT: 14:00 (2018). Produced by the Immediate Group and funded by the National Film Board of Canada.

Screenings: International Premiere at The Richard Harris International Film Festival (Limerick, Ireland), Canadian Premiere at The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, The Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto), Audience Awards LGBTQ Film Festival.

THE STRETCH: ÜBER GIRL

Theatrical Feature Film (2015). Optioned by Seven Wells Pictures.

REACH

Short Film, RT: 14:00 (2012).

Screenings: Canadian Premiere at WIFT-Toronto Short Film Showcase, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto), and the NSI Online Film Festival.

FILM DIRECTING

CLINCH: A Violent Love Story

Short Film, RT: 14:00 (2018). Produced by the Immediate Group (Toronto) and funded by the National Film Board of Canada. See above for screenings.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Short film, RT: 14:00 (2018). Produced by New Image Entertainment.

INFECT ME NOT

Short Film, RT: 8:00 (2014). Written by Sarah Jane Sheperd and Produced by Vancouver Film School. Presented at various festivals and at the NSI Online Festival.

OCCUPY MY LIFE

Web series, RT: 7:00, 8:00, 7:00 (2013). Written by Dan Smiley, produced by New Image Entertainment.

REACH

Short film, RT: 14:00 (2012).

PLAYWRITING

GRAVITY

Full Length, Internationally toured stage play. Produced by urban ink productions and presented at In The Heart of the City Festival (Vancouver), CINARS (Montreal), CARIFESTA (Caribbean Festival of the Arts in Guyana, South America) and at University of the West Indies (Pickney Productions, Trinidad).

DREAMING ELEVATORS

Stage play (2007). Directed by Lorena Gale, produced by La Luna Productions and Presented at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Canada).

DA BIG WOMB

Stage Play (2007). Directed by Mercedes Baines, produced by La Luna Productions (Canada).

PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES

“Meet Uncle Dragon” Ricepaper: Asian Canadian Arts & Culture. Editor Jim Wong-Chu, Ricepaper Press.