Christian Sparkes
Directing
Christian Sparkes is an award winning writer and director hailing from Newfoundland, Canada. He has directed numerous episodes of television and his films have screened at the world's top festivals including TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Busan. An alumnus of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, Christian's debut feature Cast No Shadow was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture. His sophomore feature Hammer starring Will Patton and Mark O'Brien debuted in 2020 and received widespread acclaim from Roger Ebert and The Hollywood Reporter, amongst others. His third and fourth feature films, Sweetland and The King Tide, are set to be released in 2023, the latter of which was selected for TIFF's prestigious Platform Program.
Known for
The King Tide
April 26, 2024
Hammer
December 5, 2019
Cast No Shadow
September 13, 2014
Sweetland
October 19, 2023
Pillowtalk
June 15, 2005
Night for Night
November 6, 2023
Dad and the Fridge Box
October 13, 2021
Thick & Thin
July 18, 2006
Hard Light
January 1, 2011
Snarbuckled
September 18, 2010
Vocation
January 1, 2013
Behind the camera19
- 2024The King Tide Director, Executive Producer
- 2023Night for Night Director, Writer, Editor
- 2023Sweetland Director, Writer
- 2021Dad and the Fridge Box Editor
- 2019Hammer Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2019Stolen First Assistant Director
- 2016The Iron Island Director
- 2014Cast No Shadow Director, Producer
- 2013Me2 Editor
- 2013Vocation