Biografia
Geneviève Appleton began her career in the 1980s as an actor, appearing in films and television shows such as KIDS OF DEGRASSI and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, THE SEQUEL (US title: ANNE OF AVONLEA). After earning her B.A.A. in Film Production with Honours from Ryerson University (Toronto) in 1994, she transitioned to behind-the-camera roles, working as an associate producer trainee on the award-winning CBC mini-series THE ARROW (featuring Dan Aykroyd) and contributing to the development of feature films including SUCH A LONG JOURNEY directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and WHOLE NEW THING directed by Amnon Buchbinder. She served as associate producer on WILBY WONDERFUL (starring Sandra Oh, Ellen Page, Paul Gross, Callum Keith Rennie, and Rebecca Jenkins), written and directed by Daniel MacIvor, which screened internationally and was distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media and in the US by Film Movement. Recently, she produced Amnon Buchbinder's short film TRAVELLING MEDICINE SHOW: APOCALYPSE and is producing his interactive documentary BIOLOGY OF STORY.
After obtaining her MFA in Screenwriting from York University in 2003, Geneviève co-wrote narration for the travel series GAP: GREAT ADVENTURE PEOPLE (aired on National Geographic and other channels), as well as two feature-length documentaries: IN THE LAND OF THE MOOSE directed by Harold Arsenault and PARTLY PRIVATE directed by Danae Elon, which won Best New York Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Through her company, White Wave Productions (established 1992), Geneviève has written, produced, directed, and edited multiple films. Her documentary A GARDEN'S FAMILY aired on Vision TV for several years. ACTOR'S TRANSFORMATION, exploring the work of renowned acting teacher Deena Levy and her students, premiered at the Female Eye Film Festival and aired on Bravo! Canada. Her short dance film CALLING THE MINSTREL was showcased at the 2010 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition, the Atlanta Film Festival, and the Izmir International Short Film Festival. She produced Seth Feldman's documentary THE DACHAU LINE, which screened at various conferences including Visible Evidence at New York University, and produced his subsequent documentary MAUTHAUSEN TWICE, which premiered at the Toronto Independent Film Festival and at Turkey's Utanç Muzesi ("Museum of Shame"). Geneviève was invited to screen and speak about her documentary on the EAST TIMOR PEACE MISSION at the 20th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony and Conference in Timor-Leste, where it was also broadcast on East Timor Television. Footage from this film and an interview with Geneviève were featured in a new documentary by Francisco Manso Producoes for RTP1, the Portuguese public TV channel. She has several other dramatic and documentary projects in development and recently completed co-directing and co-producing Colleen Wagner's impactful documentary WOMEN BUILDING PEACE, which focuses on African women rebuilding their lives and communities after gender-based violence, war, and genocide.
From 2005 to 2011, Geneviève served as a Visiting Assistant Professor teaching Screenwriting and Media Production in the Department of Communication and Design at Bilkent University, Turkey. In 2011-2012, she taught "Anatomy of the Feature Film" and "Film Production for Non-Majors: The New Realism" at York University, as well as "Introduction to Dramatic Writing" at Sheridan College. Since 2010, she has been instructing Screenwriting I and II at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Education, both in-person and online, alongside conducting workshops on script development and acting for writers and directors.
