Craig Goodwill

Craig Goodwill’s career as a writer/director in film and television has been filled with unbelievable experiences, shaping his passion for film and the arts. Most recently Craig and his team won the Director’s Guild Award for Best Short and his film Patch Town was invited to be a part of this years Festival de Cannes Short Corner Program and was also selected to Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Patch Town also won the “Best in Show” category at Best Shorts Festival in Los Angeles, and had its US Premiere at the Sarasota Film Festival. Patch Town the feature goes into production December 2012.

Goodwill’s passion for filmmaking and storytelling comes to life in his most recent work, Artist: Unknown, which recently won the CSC Award for Best Cinematography. It is a unique glimpse into the life of Iconic artist Tom Thomson. His most recent film The Spirit Game takes place In the mid-nineteenth century, three sisters (Fox Sisters) marvelled the world with their ability to speak to the dead. But what began as a clever prank to gain fortune and fame lead them to losing much more than they could have ever foretold. Based on a true story. The film is Executive Produced by Michael Konyves and stars Liberty Ross, Charles Shaughnessy, Chantelle Kriviazuk, Katie Boland and Kathryn Isabelle.

Goodwill began his film career as a producer/director’s assistant on Hollywood films such as Good Will Hunting, 54, Driven, Superstar, Storm of the Century, Loser, and more. Since, Goodwill has traveled the world from Haiti to India directing and producing for National Geographic, CBC, Alliance Atlantis, Bravo, HGTV, and recently completed a feature documentary called Godless, which documents the rise of Atheism through modern times. In addition to his award-winning work as a commercial director/editor for Nike, Bank of America, and Nokia, to name a few, Goodwill’s other films have also been selected to appear at world-renowned film festivals.

He has worked as a producer/director with MuchMusic, Canada’s music station, and has produced several high profile music videos for Universal Music. Goodwill was also the senior producer of the reality television series U8TV: The Lofters, showing himself early on as a true media visionary Goodwill also recognizes the importance of building capacity in the countries he visits, providing leadership to those who lack opportunities, and traveling the world to teach and document the struggles of today’s youth. He has been their champion through his role as executive producer of Directors of Change, a program working with youth to produces documentaries about social issues, and founder of Mobile Jam Fest, MJF, which partnered with MSN, Nokia, Xbox and other brands to create the world’s largest mobile youth creativity festival.

He established a university / college newspaper called "The Voice", and later was assigned as Managing Editor of George Brown College's "dialogue".

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