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Quick facts for kids Mo Bradley
Born	c. 1967 (age 57–58) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education	Concordia University
Occupation	filmmaker, professor, media artist, and curator

Mo Bradley (born around 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker, producer, writer, and professor. They have made over fifty short films. Their work is known and celebrated around the world.

Early Life and Learning

Mo Bradley was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. When they were young, they loved music and sound. They played bass guitar in a band called "Sons of the Desert" in Montreal's underground music scene.

Later, Mo Bradley became interested in editing, film, and media art. Since then, they have been a big part of the independent film community in Canada. Their art has been shown in famous places like the New Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art.

Bradley studied Communications and Media at Concordia University. After moving to Vancouver, they continued their studies at the University of British Columbia. There, they earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production.

Mo Bradley's Career

While Mo Bradley was a bassist in Montreal, they received a grant to make a music video. This made them even more interested in filmmaking. Later, they became a professor of film production at the University of Regina.

In 2002, while in Regina, Mo Bradley became the first female director in the Saskatchewan District Council of the Directors Guild of Canada. After that, they moved back to British Columbia. They became a professor at the University of Victoria, where they still teach film and video.

With a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Mo Bradley helped create the Hi-Def Story Incubator Lab at the University of Victoria. This lab helps students develop new film projects.

Mo Bradley has been active in the film world across Canada since 1988. Their work often explores different ways people express who they are. In 1992, while directing and appearing in the TV series Road Movies, Mo Bradley became one of the first people to share their personal identity openly on Canadian network television.

Mo Bradley has also helped various film groups in Canada. They were once the president of the Board of Directors for CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers.

Personal Life

Mo Bradley lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Growing up, Mo Bradley felt they didn't fit into typical categories of male or female. They identified as androgynous, meaning they had both masculine and feminine qualities. In their 20s, they used the term third gender to describe themselves, which was a way to describe people who don't fit into the usual male/female groups.

In their 1993 film Queer Across Canada, Mo Bradley showed how different parts of Canada used different words to talk about their identity. They were the first person to share their identity openly on Canadian network TV in this way. Since 2015, Mo Bradley has used "they/them" as their pronouns.

Films by Mo Bradley

Mo Bradley has worked on many films and TV shows. Here are some of them:

Other Works

Mo Bradley has also created many other short films and video projects, including:

• Burning Down My House (2013)
• Waylaid (2013)
• Beyond the Pale (2010)
• Pants on Fire (2009)
• Gullible (2008)
• Self-storage (2006)
• sisyphus (2005)
• Stranded (2004)
• My Heart the Historian (2001)
• Birthday Suit Management: a 21C Homage to Lisa Steele (2001)
• Erased (1999)
• Go Dyke! Go! (1998)
• What I Remember (1998)
• Tainted: Christopher Lefler and the Queer Censorship Chill (1997)
• Forever (1997)
• HER (1996)
• Forever (1996)
• Reframing the Montreal Massacre: A Media Interrogation (1995)
• Losing It (1995)
• Not Like That (1994)
• The Weight of Women's Eyes (1994)
• Defiance (1993)
• Queer Across Canada (1993)
• She Thrills Me (1993)
• Road Movies (1992)
• We're Here, We're Queer, We're Fabulous (1990)
• Briser lâisolement: le SIA et les femmes au Québec (1990)

Awards and Recognitions

Mo Bradley has won many awards for their film work. Their web series, Freshman's Wharf, won a Leo Award in 2011. Their short film, Pants on Fire, won a Golden Remi Award for Short Film Directing at the Worldfest/Houston International Film Festival.

Mo Bradley's first feature film, Two 4 One, also received many awards and nominations. Mo Bradley was nominated for three Leo Awards for this film, including Best Motion Picture and Best Direction. They were also nominated for two awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival. The lead actor, Gavin Crawford, won an ACTRA Award for his performance.

Also, special shows about Mo Bradley's work have been created in cities across Canada. These shows include Making Scenes (1999) and Out on Screen (1998).

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  Mo Bradley's headshot

See Also

• List of lesbian filmmakers