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Camille Hollett-French is an acclaimed Trinidadian-Canadian actor, director, writer, model, and advocate. Her films have screened at over 40 festivals worldwide. Her short film 'FREYA' earned five Leo Awards out of nine nominations, including Best VFX, Best Direction, and Best Short Film. She won the £20,000 Craghoppers Film Prize—the largest cash award for a short film—for her debut film 'Hush Little Baby,' part of the 'Her Story (In Three Parts)' series, which she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. Filmed across Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal in under a year, two of her films debuted at Slamdance. Camille is an alumna of Canada’s top incubator labs for her feature film 'Man In Pieces,' including the Whistler Film Festival's Producers Lab and Women In the Director's Chair. She is currently in post-production on 'Spark,' a Canada Council for the Arts-funded short set for release in Fall 2022.
Born in Montreal to a Newfoundland father and Trinidadian mother, Camille moved to Toronto as a teenager and now lives in Vancouver. Her acting credits include 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Motherland: Fort Salem,' 'Nancy Drew,' and 'Valley of the Boom,' where she portrayed Tara Hernandez, a real-life figure and manager at 1990s Silicon Valley tech company Netscape, the startup behind Mozilla Firefox.
Camille’s short film ENDOMIC was created for the Symbiosis Filmmaking Competition by Imagine Science (NYC), where six filmmakers worldwide collaborate with scientists to produce a film within eight days from concept to completion. Partnering with scientist Ipek Ensari, Camille crafted a sharp feminist satire on endometriosis, a mysterious "women’s" disease affecting 200 million globally. ENDOMIC premiered at Slamdance 2021 as part of the Unstoppable program for filmmakers with visible and invisible disabilities.
In 2017, Camille began the 'Her Story (In Three Parts)' series, which was a finalist for the Cayle Chernin Awards—honoring female artists transitioning to new roles in media and theatre. The second installment, 'No. 2: Hush Little Baby,' was produced through ACTRA Toronto’s YEAA Shorts program, sponsored by Reel World Film Festival and William F. Whites.
'No. 2: Hush Little Baby' won Best Debut at London’s Discover Film Awards and secured the £20,000 Craghoppers Film Prize. The same festival later honored 'No. 3: In the Absence of Angels' with Best Director and Best International Drama, and 'FREYA' with Best International Sci-Fi. The script for 'No. 2: Hush Little Baby' was the first short film script to win LiveRead/LA.
Her films have been showcased at numerous festivals, including Slamdance (featured as the sole Canadian project in their inaugural Episodes and first Unstoppable programs), Fantasia (Audience Choice for Best Canadian Short), The Awareness Film Fest (twice awarded Special Jury Innovation Award), Vancouver Short Film Festival (Best Female Director, Audience Choice), Oslo Independent Film Festival (Best Writer), Canadian Film Festival (Special Jury Award), Women’s Film Festival (Best First Time Filmmaker), as well as Rhode Island, Palm Springs ShortsFest, Newport Beach Film Fest, Aesthetica (UK), Underwire (UK), and Female Eye Film Festival. 'FREYA' screened alongside the full 'Her Story (In Three Parts)' series for Female Eye’s inaugural International Women’s Day event at TIFF Lightbox Theatre in Toronto. The series was also a finalist for the Lindalee Tracey Awards, presented through Hot Docs to emerging Canadian filmmakers embodying the spirit of the late Lindalee Tracey.
Camille is a graduate of the Women In the Director's Chair Story & Leadership program and the Whistler Film Festival Producers Lab, where she developed her debut feature film, 'Man In Pieces,' which she will write and direct. She received the NFB Filmmaker Assistance Program finishing fund for 'FREYA,' a 'cautionary comedy' supported by the Harold Greenberg Fund’s $20,000 short film program. She was also a finalist for the MPPIA Short Film Award at Whistler Film Festival.
Camille won Monologue Slam LA’s inaugural One-Minute Round and now sponsors the competition by providing a travel bursary to help a participant attend the event. Before relocating from Toronto, she led 'The Dead Actor’s Society,' a group inviting industry professionals—coaches, directors, actors—to teach acting workshops.
After being expelled from theatre school, Camille earned a journalism diploma to continue learning. Writing was her first artistic outlet as a child, while film has always been her passion. She remains committed to filmmaking by any means necessary. She and her chef partner drove a renovated short bus from Toronto to Vancouver and lived in it with their cat for two years to fund their film series.
