A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Helen Jane Shaver
Birthplace:
Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Born:
February 24, 1951
Helen Shaver is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and director. She attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and studied Acting at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She started acting at 18, collaborating with industry giants like Scorsese and Spielberg. Her performances earned awards—Theatreworld Award for "Jake’s Woman," Genies for "In Praise of Older Women" (Best Actress) and "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Best Supporting Actress). Transitioning to directing, she helmed episodes for various series and directed Emmy-winning films like "Summer’s End." Despite childhood illness, her resilience led her to study acting and excel in her craft.
Director:
2000 Summer's End
2002 Due East
2005 The Man Who Lost Himself
2006 Ultra
2020 Happy Place
Producer:
2000 Summer's End
2002 Due East
2005 The Man Who Lost Himself
2006 Ultra
2020 Happy Place
Director:
1982 Nature
1995 The Outer Limits
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy
1997 Dead Man's Gun
1998 The Net
1999 Beggars and Choosers
1999 Judging Amy
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2000 The District
2002 Just Cause
2003 Dead Like Me
2003 Joan of Arcadia
2003 The O.C.
2004 The 4400
2005 Close to Home
2005 Medium
2006 Jericho
2006 The Unit
2006 Vanished
2007 Journeyman
2007 Private Practice
2008 Crusoe
2009 Castle
2009 Make It or Break It
2009 Stargate Universe
2011 Combat Hospital
2011 Person of Interest
2012 Elementary
2012 Revolution
2012 The Firm
2013 Orphan Black
2013 Reign
2013 Vikings
2015 Sneaky Pete
2016 Travelers
2016 Westworld
2017 13 Reasons Why
2017 Anne with an E
2018 Impulse
2020 Snowpiercer
2021 Maid
2021 Station Eleven
2022 Quantum Leap
2024 The New Look
Producer:
1982 Nature
1995 The Outer Limits
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy
1997 Dead Man's Gun
1998 The Net
1999 Beggars and Choosers
1999 Judging Amy
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2000 The District
2002 Just Cause
2003 Dead Like Me
2003 Joan of Arcadia
2003 The O.C.
2004 The 4400
2005 Close to Home
2005 Medium
2006 Jericho
2006 The Unit
2006 Vanished
2007 Journeyman
2007 Private Practice
2008 Crusoe
2009 Castle
2009 Make It or Break It
2009 Stargate Universe
2011 Combat Hospital
2011 Person of Interest
2012 Elementary
2012 Revolution
2012 The Firm
2013 Orphan Black
2013 Reign
2013 Vikings
2015 Sneaky Pete
2016 Travelers
2016 Westworld
2017 13 Reasons Why
2017 Anne with an E
2018 Impulse
2020 Snowpiercer
2021 Maid
2021 Station Eleven
2022 Quantum Leap
2024 The New Look
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.