Gillian McKercher

Biography

With roots in analogue experimental film, Gillian McKercher chose to dedicate herself to cinema after leaving a career as an engineer. She directed the feature film, Circle of Steel, which won an Audience Award at the Calgary International Film Festival. Her broadcast work includes multiple music videos, documentaries and the webseries, The Calgary Collection. Gillian won a Young Artist Prize from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and most recently was a 2019 director resident of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab, where she was developing her second feature film.