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Sheona McDonald

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Capturing A Short Life is an intimate, cinematic and life-affirming documentary about families dealing with infant loss, that explores how critical it is to remember the beautiful babies who are only with us for a moment, and how impossible it is to forge
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Capturing a Short Life (2008)
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Sheona McDonald is known for Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery (2021), When Dreams Take Flight (2011) and Dawn of the Dead (2004). She was previously married to Jonathan Walker.
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 11 nominations total

    Known for

    Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery (2021)
    Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery
    6.3
    • Producer
    • 2021
    When Dreams Take Flight (2011)
    When Dreams Take Flight
    • Producer
    • 2011
    Sarah Polley in Dawn of the Dead (2004)
    Dawn of the Dead
    7.2
    • Script and Continuity Department(second unit)
    • 2004
    Transplant Stories (2024)
    Transplant Stories
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer

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    Producer



    • Transplant Stories (2024)
      Transplant Stories
      TV Mini Series
      • series producer
      • 2024
    • Absolutely Canadian (2012)
      Absolutely Canadian
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Border Security: America's Front Line (2016)
      Border Security: America's Front Line
      6.7
      TV Series
      • creative producer
      • 2022
    • Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery (2021)
      Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Candida Royalle in Candice (2019)
      Candice
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Inside Her Sex (2014)
      Inside Her Sex
      6.9
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Kristina Matisic and Anna Wallner in Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag (2008)
      Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag
      7.9
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 2012
    • When Dreams Take Flight (2011)
      When Dreams Take Flight
      • co-producer
      • 2011
    • Momentum
      Short
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Capturing a Short Life (2008)
      Capturing a Short Life
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Documentary Bootcamp (2002)
      Documentary Bootcamp
      Short
      • producer
      • 2002
    • Centre Stage Chronicles II
      TV Series
      • field producer
      • 2001
    • Lifers' Stories from Prison (2000)
      Lifers' Stories from Prison
      Short
      • producer
      • 2000

    Director



    • Transplant Stories (2024)
      Transplant Stories
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Corine Carey, Leanne Sallenback, and Kelly Ireland in Haunted Gold Rush (2022)
      Haunted Gold Rush
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Into Light (2021)
      Into Light
      7.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery (2021)
      Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2021
    • A Short Essay on Men (2019)
      A Short Essay on Men
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Candida Royalle in Candice (2019)
      Candice
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Todd Talbot and Jillian Harris in Love It or List It Vancouver (2013)
      Love It or List It Vancouver
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (2014)
      Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Inside Her Sex (2014)
      Inside Her Sex
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Food Factory (2012)
      Food Factory
      7.3
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2014
    • Ice Pilots NWT (2009)
      Ice Pilots NWT
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • When Dreams Take Flight (2011)
      When Dreams Take Flight
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Momentum
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Capturing a Short Life (2008)
      Capturing a Short Life
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Documentary Bootcamp (2002)
      Documentary Bootcamp
      Short
      • Director
      • 2002

    Writer



    • Transplant Stories (2024)
      Transplant Stories
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Corine Carey, Leanne Sallenback, and Kelly Ireland in Haunted Gold Rush (2022)
      Haunted Gold Rush
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Into Light (2021)
      Into Light
      7.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery (2021)
      Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery
      6.3
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • A Short Essay on Men (2019)
      A Short Essay on Men
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Candida Royalle in Candice (2019)
      Candice
      6.4
      • writer
      • 2019
    • Inside Her Sex (2014)
      Inside Her Sex
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Rise of the eSports Hero (2013)
      Rise of the eSports Hero
      8.1
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Pyros (2012)
      Pyros
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • When Dreams Take Flight (2011)
      When Dreams Take Flight
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Momentum
      Short
      • writer
      • 2010
    • Capturing a Short Life (2008)
      Capturing a Short Life
      • narration
      • 2008
    • Lifers' Stories from Prison (2000)
      Lifers' Stories from Prison
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2000

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      • Jonathan Walker2002 - 2021 (divorced, 3 children)

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