Sara Canning

Guest Teaching Associate

Sara Canning’s film and television career spans 15 years.

Select credits include The Vampire Diaries, War for the Planet of the Apes, Big Sky, the Emmy nominated A Series of Unfortunate Events and Remedy, a series for which she won UBCP/ACTRA and Leo Awards. She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her work in the web series Hospital Show. 

Last spring, she played the role of Annie in Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes at the Belfry Theatre, and will soon be seen in Sweetland, a feature set in her home province of Newfoundland. 

A frequent director for the Vancouver Film School, Sara is also developing and writing her own scripts, including a feature selected for the Whistler Film Festival Screenwriting Program in 2019.