Biography
Mina Shum (born 1966) is an independent Canadian filmmaker. She is a writer and director of award-winning feature films, numerous shorts and has created site-specific installations and theatre. Her features, Double Happiness, and Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity both premiered in the US at the Sundance Film Festival and Double Happiness won the Wolfgang Staudte Prize for Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at Torino. She was director resident at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. She was also a member of an alternative rock band called Playdoh Republic.
Directed 15
2020s
- 2026
- 2020
2010s
- 2017
Meditation Park
Director
- 2015
Ninth Floor
Director
2000s
- 2008
- 2005
Noah's Arc
Director
- 2003
Romeo!
Director
- 2002
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Director
1990s
- 1998
- 1997
Drive, She Said
Director
- 1994
- 1991
The Grocer's Wife
Assistant Director
No release date
This Is Always
Director
Wrote 6
2020s
- 2026
2010s
- 2017
Meditation Park
Writer
2000s
- 2002
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Writer
1990s
- 1997
Drive, She Said
Writer
- 1994
No release date
This Is Always
Writer
Produced 4
2020s
- 2026
2010s
- 2017
Meditation Park
Producer
2000s
- 2002
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1991
The Grocer's Wife
Casting
Acted in 3
2010s
- 2013
Stress Position
Mina Shum
1990s
- 1997
Drive, She Said
Chen
- 1994