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{{Short description|Canadian film producer}}
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|birth_date = {{circa|1969}}
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|birth_place = [[Granby, Quebec]]
|birth_place = [[Granby, Quebec]], Canada
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|occupation = Film producer<br />Director's assistant
|nationality = Canadian
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|alma mater = [[Cégep de Granby]]
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'''Kim McCraw''' (born {{circa|1969}}<ref name="Petrowski"/>) is a Canadian [[film producer]] and co-founder of the [[Montreal]]-based production company micro_scope, with [[Luc Dery]].<ref name="Kelly">{{Cite web|url=http://variety.com/2012/film/features/canadian-company-has-global-goal-1118050464/ |title=Canadian company has global goal |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=18 February 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
'''Kim McCraw''' (born {{circa|1969}}<ref name="Petrowski"/>) is a Canadian [[film producer]] and co-founder of the [[Montreal]]-based production company micro_scope, with [[Luc Déry]].<ref name="Kelly">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/features/canadian-company-has-global-goal-1118050464/ |title=Canadian company has global goal |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=18 February 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>


She was born in [[Granby, Quebec]], and after graduating from [[Cégep de Granby]] became a director's assistant.<ref name="Petrowski">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/entrevues/201207/17/01-4545016-luc-dery-et-kim-mccraw-les-oscars-deux-ans-de-suite.php |title=Luc Déry et Kim McCraw: les Oscars, deux ans de suite |last=Petrowski |first=Nathalie |date=25 February 2012 |accessdate=27 March 2017 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/la-voix-de-lest/arts/201101/26/01-4363812-le-reve-dune-vie-de-kim-mccraw.php |title=Le rêve d'une vie de Kim McCraw |last=Tasse |first=Michel |date=26 January 2011 |accessdate=27 March 2017 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}}</ref>
She was born in [[Granby, Quebec]], and after graduating from [[Cégep de Granby]] became a director's assistant.<ref name="Petrowski">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/entrevues/201207/17/01-4545016-luc-dery-et-kim-mccraw-les-oscars-deux-ans-de-suite.php |title=Luc Déry et Kim McCraw: les Oscars, deux ans de suite |last=Petrowski |first=Nathalie |date=25 February 2012 |accessdate=27 March 2017 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/la-voix-de-lest/arts/201101/26/01-4363812-le-reve-dune-vie-de-kim-mccraw.php |title=Le rêve d'une vie de Kim McCraw |last=Tasse |first=Michel |date=26 January 2011 |accessdate=27 March 2017 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}}</ref>


McCraw met Dery while working on a short film in Granby.<ref name="Petrowski"/> With Dery, McCraw specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada".<ref name="Kelly"/> Their films ''[[Incendies]]'' (2010) and ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]'' (2011) both won the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture|Genie Award for Best Motion Picture]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2011/03/11/incendies-dominates-genies-with-eight-trophies/ |title=Incendies dominates Genies with eight trophies |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=11 March 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2012/03/08/monsieur-lazhar-sweeps-genies-phillipe-falardeau-named-best-director/ |title=Monsieur Lazhar sweeps Genies, Philippe Falardeau named best director |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=8 March 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref> and both were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name="Kelly"/> McCraw co-produced ''[[Inch'Allah (2012 film)|Inch'Allah]]'' and personally went to [[Jordan]] to work on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2011/12/14/best-of-the-year-micro_scope/ |title=Best of the Year: micro_scope |last=Ritchie |first=Kevin |date=14 December 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref> She later produced ''[[Gabrielle (2013 film)|Gabrielle]]'' (2013), which competed at the [[Locarno Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2013/07/17/quebec-films-to-lead-canadian-contingent-competing-in-locarno/ |title=Quebec films to lead Canadian contingent competing in Locarno |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref>
McCraw met Dery while working on a short film in Granby.<ref name="Petrowski"/> It was in 2004 that she joined the micro_scope team as a producer, and subsequently became a co-shareholder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Luc Déry et Kim McCraw|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/201101/28/01-4364829-luc-dery-et-kim-mccraw.php|website=La Presse|language=fr|date=2011-01-29|access-date=2021-10-01|publication-date=}}</ref> With Dery, McCraw specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada".<ref name="Kelly"/> Their films ''[[Incendies]]'' (2010) and ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]'' (2011) both won the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Genie Award for Best Motion Picture]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2011/03/11/incendies-dominates-genies-with-eight-trophies/ |title=Incendies dominates Genies with eight trophies |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=11 March 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2012/03/08/monsieur-lazhar-sweeps-genies-phillipe-falardeau-named-best-director/ |title=Monsieur Lazhar sweeps Genies, Philippe Falardeau named best director |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=8 March 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref> and both were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name="Kelly"/> McCraw co-produced ''[[Inch'Allah (2012 film)|Inch'Allah]]'' and personally went to [[Jordan]] to work on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2011/12/14/best-of-the-year-micro_scope/ |title=Best of the Year: micro_scope |last=Ritchie |first=Kevin |date=14 December 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref> She later produced ''[[Gabrielle (2013 film)|Gabrielle]]'' (2013), which competed at the [[Locarno Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2013/07/17/quebec-films-to-lead-canadian-contingent-competing-in-locarno/ |title=Quebec films to lead Canadian contingent competing in Locarno |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=26 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
Her films include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd89513de |title=Kim McCraw |last= |first= |date= |accessdate=19 May 2017 |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>
Her films include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd89513de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519192609/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd89513de |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2017 |title=Kim McCraw |last= |first= |date= |accessdate=19 May 2017 |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>
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* ''[[Congorama]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Familia (2005 film)|Familia]]'' - 2005
* ''[[Continental, un film sans fusil]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Congorama]]'' - 2006
* ''[[It's Not Me, I Swear!]] (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)'' (2008)
* ''[[Continental, a Film Without Guns]] (Continental, un film sans fusil)'' - 2007
* ''[[It's Not Me, I Swear!]] (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)'' - 2008
* ''[[Incendies]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Incendies]]'' - 2010
* ''[[Familiar Grounds]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]'' - 2011
* ''[[Inch'Allah (2012 film)|Inch'Allah]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Familiar Grounds]]'' - 2011
* ''[[Enemy (2013 film)|Enemy]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Inch'Allah (2012 film)|Inch'Allah]]'' - 2012
* ''[[My Internship in Canada]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Enemy (2013 film)|Enemy]]'' - 2013
* ''[[A Worthy Companion]]'' (2017)
* ''[[You're Sleeping Nicole]] (Tu dors Nicole)'' - 2014
* ''[[My Internship in Canada]] (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)'' - 2015
* ''[[Allure (2017 film)|Allure]]'' - 2017
* ''[[For Those Who Don't Read Me]] (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)'' - 2018
* ''[[My Salinger Year]]'' - 2020
* ''[[Drunken Birds]] (Les Oiseaux ivres)'' - 2021
* ''[[The Origin of Evil (film)|The Origin of Evil]] (L'Origine du mal)'' - 2022
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Kim McCraw
Born1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)
Granby, Quebec, Canada
Alma materCégep de Granby
Occupation(s)Film producer
Director's assistant

Kim McCraw (born c. 1969[1]) is a Canadian film producer and co-founder of the Montreal-based production company micro_scope, with Luc Déry.[2]

She was born in Granby, Quebec, and after graduating from Cégep de Granby became a director's assistant.[1][3]

McCraw met Dery while working on a short film in Granby.[1] It was in 2004 that she joined the micro_scope team as a producer, and subsequently became a co-shareholder.[4] With Dery, McCraw specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada".[2] Their films Incendies (2010) and Monsieur Lazhar (2011) both won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture,[5][6] and both were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] McCraw co-produced Inch'Allah and personally went to Jordan to work on the film.[7] She later produced Gabrielle (2013), which competed at the Locarno Film Festival.[8]

Filmography

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Her films include:[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Petrowski, Nathalie (25 February 2012). "Luc Déry et Kim McCraw: les Oscars, deux ans de suite". La Presse. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Kelly, Brendan (18 February 2012). "Canadian company has global goal". Variety. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ Tasse, Michel (26 January 2011). "Le rêve d'une vie de Kim McCraw". La Presse. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Luc Déry et Kim McCraw". La Presse (in French). 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  5. ^ Vlessing, Etan (11 March 2011). "Incendies dominates Genies with eight trophies". Playback. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. ^ Vlessing, Etan (8 March 2012). "Monsieur Lazhar sweeps Genies, Philippe Falardeau named best director". Playback. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ Ritchie, Kevin (14 December 2011). "Best of the Year: micro_scope". Playback. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ^ Vlessing, Etan (17 July 2013). "Quebec films to lead Canadian contingent competing in Locarno". Playback. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Kim McCraw". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.


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