Eleanore Lindo

Birth : 1959-02-18, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

History

Born February 18, 1959, Eleanore Lindo is a graduate of the intensive directing program at the Centre for Advanced Film Studies at the American Film Institute in L.A. ronto native credits the program with transforming her “from a director into a filmmaker.” Lindo’s strong work with actors and her distinct visual style are easily detected in the many award-winning hours of television series and movies, anthologies, and specials that she has directed. Her credits span a wide spectrum of genres including comedy, drama, sci-fi, erotica, as well as family and children’s programming, and have earned her such prestigious honours as three Gemini Awards, a Children’s Broadcast Institute Award, the Lillian Gish Award from Women in Film, L.A., a Golden Reel, and two Chris Awards from the Columbus Film Festival. Touching Wild Horses, a heart-warming and visually stunning film starring Jane Seymour, marked Lindo’s feature film debut. A Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film was also the recipient of the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival, and winner of the Gold Special Jury Award at Worldfest-Houston. An Audience Favorite at several festivals, it was also the Winner of the 2003 Rome Independent Film Festival, and was named Best Feature for a Children’s Audience at Cinemagic in Belfast. Most recently, Lindo directed the Lifetime Television movies “She Drives Me Crazy” (winner of the Gemini Award for Best Movie 2010) and “Me and Luke” (aka “A Dad For Christmas”), produced by Shaftesbury Films (winner of the DGC Award for best Family Movie), and four mystery movies for children, “Roxy Hunter And The Mystery Of The Moody Ghost”, “Roxy Hunter And The Secret Of The Shaman”, “Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid” and “Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween”, for broadcast on Nickelodeon. Lindo has also directed the Lifetime television movie “Crazy For Christmas”, starring Howard Hesseman and Andrea Roth; and many episodes of “DeGrassi: The Next Generation”, one of which earned her the Gemini Award for Best Director. Her episodic credits also include “The Border”, “Heartland” “Murdoch Mysteries”, “Radio Free Roscoe”,”Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye”, “Drop The Beat”, “Twice In A Lifetime”, “Little Men”, “Emily Of New Moon”, “Savannah” and “Road To Avonlea”, among many others. Lindo currently has several films in development including “The Blue Castle”, based on the Lucy Maud Montgomery novel; “Elephant Winter”, based on the novel by Kim Echlin; and the fact-based “Shattered: The Donna Lawrence Story”.

Movies

Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman
Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman
Director
Serenity Fall's favorite super sleuth is on the case again! The town is alarmed when a priceless crystal turns up missing. The only suspect seems to be a strange man living in the woods known as Shaman. It's up to Roxy Hunter (Aria Wallace) and her best friend Max to discover the identity of the true thief and recover the precious jewel. Could it be the Shaman? Or is it the person no one would ever suspect? In the tradition of Nancy Drew and Harriet the Spy, here comes the irrepressible Roxy Hunter. In the young sleuth's second adventure, a priceless crystal goes missing on the eve of Serenity Fall's 150th anniversary celebration, leading the entire town to suspect a bizarre recluse known as the Shaman living in the woods. It's up to Roxy and her best friend Max to sort the matter out.
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
Director
It's Roxy's first Halloween in serenity falls and it looks like it's going to be a bust until Roxy discovers that her classmate Stefan is actually a vampire from Transylvania...or so she thinks. The truth she comes to find is actually much darker.
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
Director
Roxy is at it again when, in pursuit of a local journalism award, she brings home a mysterious amnesiac who was found soaking wet outside of the local coffee shop. After ceremoniously naming her ANNIE NONYMOUS, Roxy takes the young lady home and finds that even the most common household item is a complete mystery to Annie. When Annie returns dripping wet from the lake several nights in a row, Roxy determines what is abundantly clear to her, Annie is a mermaid. A mermaid who has to find her way home.
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
Director
After moving to an eerie old house in the country, nine-year-old super sleuth Roxy Hunter stumbles into a world filled with unsolved mysterieus, secret plots and spooky spirits! Now, Roxy and her best friend and boy genius Max, must race to save their home, re-unite a lost love and uncover the true villain. Is it the Moody Ghost...or something even spookier?
She Drives Me Crazy
She Drives Me Crazy
Director
Two estranged sisters go on a road trip that leads them to a place they never believed possible.
A Dad for Christmas
A Dad for Christmas
Director
Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his consent, so he takes his son to his grandmother's house to fight for custody.
Drive Time Murders
Drive Time Murders
Director
A Chicago attorney and his gossip columnist host a popular morning radio show. Their search to locate a mysterious woman leads them to the Chicago Art Museum, a network of thieves and a rich family.
Crazy for Christmas
Crazy for Christmas
Director
A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young son. An interesting but strange rich man hires her limo on Christmas eve and has her drive him to various ice rinks where he gives out $100 bills to the people there. The news media catches on and starts following him.
Touching Wild Horses
Touching Wild Horses
Director
After a car accident that claimed his father and sister's lives and left his mother in a coma, a young man is sent to live with his reclusive aunt (Jane Seymour) on Sable Island, a world-renowned wild horse preserve.
Life in a Day
Life in a Day
Director
A scientific experiment in rapid-cell growth goes awry when a lab assistant steals the developed serum and injects it into his pregnant girl friend. The result is a child that grows through adulthood and will die within days, if a cure cannot be found.
Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror
Woman
A golden boy descends into an illuminated room to discover the great brass bed of an Edwardian beauty. As he opens her seaman's chest of jewelry and velvets he discovers old photographs that come to life. When he draws a mirror out of the chest he sees her face in it as well as his own -- which draws him into a kaleidoscopic vortex... and into her arms.