Jordan Tannahill

Jordan Tannahill is a filmmaker and theatre artist based in Toronto. Jordan's short films and media installations have been presented at festivals and galleries across Canada and internationally including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the British Film Institute. In 2011 he won the Inside Out Film Festival's 'Emerging Canadian Artist Award' and in 2012 he was shortlisted for the Ingmar Bergman Prize at the Uppsala Int. Short Film Festival in Sweden. With his partner William Christopher Ellis, Jordan runs a storefront arts space called Videofag in Toronto's Kensington Market. Videofag was named a 'Superhero of 2013' by the Torontoist and Toronto's 'Best New Gallery' by BlogTo in 2012. Through his theatre company Suburban Beast, Jordan writes and directs performances for theatres, galleries, and found spaces. Jordan's plays have been honored with 10 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations (winning 'Outstanding New Play for Young Audiences' for rihannaboi95 in 2013), four awards at the SummerWorks Festival including 'Best Production' and 'Best New Play', the 2012 Enbridge playRites Award, InsideOut's 2012 Emerging Canadian Artist Award, and the 2011 Ken McDougall Award for Emerging Directors. In 2014, Jordan was the inaugural recipient of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's 'Emerging Queer Artist Award'. His 'live-film' Post Eden was named one of 'Canada's Best Theatre Productions of 2012' by The Globe and Mail. In November 2013 he directed All Our Happy Days are Stupid by Sheila Heti, with music by Dan Bejar, which will be remounted by McSweeney's in New York City in the winter of 2014. In April 2014 he choreographed Christopher House in Toronto Dance Theatre's On Display. Jordan has published three books: 'Age of Minority' (Playwrights Canada Press, 2014), 'Late Company' (Playwrights Canada Press, 2015), and 'Theatre of the Unimpressed' (Coach House Press, 2015). He is developing new plays for Canadian Stage, UK's Panic Lab, Necessary Angel/bluemouth inc. and the National Theatre School of Canada.