Helen Shaver
- Directing
- February 24, 1951 · Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Below · Director
- Matlock · Director
- The Penguin · Director
- The New Look · Director, Producer
- Quantum Leap · Director
- Station Eleven · Director
- Maid · Director
- Happy Place · Director
- Snowpiercer · Director
- Impulse · Director
- Souls of Totality
- Women in Love: Desert Hearts · Self
- 13 Reasons Why · Director
- Anne with an E · Director
- Travelers · Director
- Westworld · Director
- Sneaky Pete · Director
- Reign · Director
- Down River · Pearl
- Birthday Cake · Judith Ferguson
- Orphan Black · Director
- Vikings · Director
- Elementary · Director
- Revolution · Director
- The Firm · Director
- Person of Interest · Director
- Combat Hospital · Director
- Stargate Universe · Director
- Make It or Break It · Director
- Castle · Director
- A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride · Rose
- Crusoe · Director
- Private Practice · Director
- Journeyman · Director
- Numb · Audrey Milbank
- Jericho · Director
- Ultra · Director
- Vanished · Director
- The Unit · Director
- The Man Who Lost Himself · Director
- Close to Home · Director
- Medium · Director
- The 4400 · Barbara Yates, Director
- The Keeper · Ruthie
- Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' · Self
- The L Word · Faye Buckley
- D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear · Sandy Moose
- Joan of Arcadia · Director
- The Risen · Lynn Todd
- The O.C. · Director
- Dead Like Me · Director
- Just Cause · Director
- Due East · Producer, Director
- The Education of Max Bickford · Erica Bettis
- The District · Director
- Bear with Me · Sara Bradley
- Common Ground · Janet
- We All Fall Down · Sherry
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Director
- Judging Amy · Director
- Beggars and Choosers · Director
- Summer's End · Director
- The Wishing Tree · Wallis
- The Net · Director
- The Sweetest Gift · Mrs. Martin
- Dead Man's Gun · Director
- The Craft · Grace
- Poltergeist: The Legacy · Rachel Corrigan, MD, Director
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks · Kate 'White' Reilly
- Rowing Through · Slim
- Egg Salad · Gladys
- Born to Be Wild · Margaret Heller
- The Outer Limits · Cathy Kress, Director
- Falling For You · Mary
- Open Season · Rachel Rowen
- Janek: The Silent Betrayal · Monique Dessier
- Without Consent · Nora Fields
- Ride with the Wind · Katherine Barnes
- The Forget-Me-Not Murders · Monique
- Bethune: The Making of a Hero · Mrs. Dowd