Aidan Shipley
Shipley at the 2020 CFC Annual Gala & Auction
Born (1992-12-11) December 11, 1992
Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active2009–present
PartnerAmanda Brugel

Aidan Shipley (born December 11, 1992) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, most noted as co-director with Grayson Moore of the 2017 film Cardinals.[1]

Career

A native of Stratford, Ontario, he began his acting career in supporting stage roles at the Stratford Festival, before studying acting and filmmaking at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).[2] His acting roles have included appearances in the television series Overruled!, Pure Pwnage, Baxter, What's Up Warthogs!, Flashpoint and Murdoch Mysteries, and the films Vacation with Derek, Red Lights, Bunks, Running Season, The Captive and Natasha.

Shipley, Moore, Connor Illsley, and Jon Riera won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for the short film Deerbrook.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Red Lights Tom's Soldier Son
2014 Running Season Connor O'Connor Short film
The Captive Albert
2015 Natasha Rufus
2017 Separation Jack Short film
Clusterf*ck Kevin
2018 Edging Crossland
Acquainted Jesse Also as third assistant director

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Overruled! Vincet Episode: "Worlds Collide"
2010 Pure Pwnage Teenager Guest star (2 episodes)
Vacation with Derek Ben Family Channel Original Movie
Baxter Breakdancer Episode: "Dancing Fools"
What's Up Warthogs! Money Melvin Guest star (2 episodes)
2012 Frenemies Walker's Pal #2 Disney Channel Original Movie
Flashpoint Tobias Episode: Broken Peace
2013 Bunks Dean O'Reilly Disney XD Original Movie
2015 A Wish Come True Joey Hallmark Channel Original Movie
2017 Murdoch Mysteries Mr. Denton Episode: "Brackenreid Boudoir"

Filmmaker work

Films
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Assistant director
2017 Cardinals Yes No Co-director with Grayson Moore
2021 Learn to Swim No Yes
2023 Suze No Yes
Shorts films
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
2012 Alan's Study Yes No Yes Also as editor
2013 Bridges Yes No No
2014 Running Season No No Yes Also as assistant director
Dorsal Yes No Yes
2015 Boxing Yes Yes No
2016 Lucy in My Eyes No No Yes Also as assistant director
2017 Come Back Yes No No Co-director with Hannah Emily Anderson
Deerbrook Yes Yes No Co-writer with Grayson Moore
2018 Memorial Yes No No
A Girl Named C No No Yes

Assistant director only

  • Glitter's Wild Women (2018)
Television
Year Title Credited as Notes
Assistant director Driver
2020 Short Term Sentence Yes No
Avocado Toast Yes No
2021 Slasher No Yes
2023 Slip Yes No Third assistant

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result Ref.
2013 International Film Festival of Wales Bridges Best Short Film Nominated [4]
Best Director Nominated
2015 NSI Online Short Film Festival Dorsal Best Film Won [5]
2017 Stockholm International Film Festival Cardinals Impact Award Nominated [6]
2018 Atlanta Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Nominated [7]
Sitges Film Festival Deerbrook Best Virtual Reality Film Won [8]
2019 Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction, Web Program or Series Won [9]

References

  1. ↑ Brad Wheeler, "Review: Cardinals is minimalist and uniquely structured". The Globe and Mail, August 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Young stars talk about zombie flick ‘Bunks’". Global News, October 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Film Festival Guild | IFFW 2013". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  5. ↑ Cummins, Julianna (October 21, 2015). "NSI online film fest names latest winners". PlayBack. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (October 27, 2017). "Stockholm Film Festival to honour Vanessa Redgrave, Pablo Larrain". ScreenDaily. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2018 Atlanta Film Festival — Award Winners & Jurors". Atlanta Film Festival. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ Alicia (October 15, 2018). "Palmarés de Sitges 2018: 'Climax' gana el premio a mejor película". No Submarines (in Spanish). Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  9. ↑ Furdyk, Brent (March 28, 2019). "Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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