Lulu Keating is an award-winning writer, producer and filmmaker whose work has been presented internationally. After studying Media and Communications at Vancouver School of Art, and Motion Picture Studies at Ryerson, Keating spent several years working through the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op during the eighties.  She began then and continues to produce one film a year.  Her work is predominantly independent dramas and documentaries, and she has also produced for the NFB, CBC and History Television. 

Keating actively participates in Canada’s burgeoning film community.  She was one of the new wave of independent Canadian filmmakers who changed the shape of Canadian cinema. She was directly involved in the organization of film and video co-operatives across Canada, culminating in the formation of a national organization. In her new community, Dawson City Yukon, this work continues with her participation on the boards of Moving Images Distribution and Dawson City Arts Society. 

In 1985 Keating incorporated her own company, Red Snapper Films Limited, which has produced over two dozen films including her widely-loved tongue-in-cheek self-portrait Lulu’s Back in Town, the internationally acclaimed animated documentary about her huge Catholic family, The Moody Brood, and her feature film, shot in Zimbabwe, The Midday Sun.  Keating’s films have screened at festivals from Chicago to Copenhagen and her work has been honoured with numerous awards for best documentary, short film, editing and visual production at festivals around the world.

Keating is active on regional and national organizations, serving on numerous juries and boards of directors. She has taught from coast to coast to coast, for Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Emily Carr and Klondike Institute of Art and Culture.  Keating’s film work has been presented in retrospectives across the country. In 2001, Keating won a residency in Dawson City Yukon, where she now lives.

Currently, Keating is developing two feature films, Based on a True Fantasy and Klondike Kalahari.  As well she is seeking financing for a documentary about First Nation elder, photographer JJ Van Bibber.

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Her Man Plan	Short Film	2010
DOG = GOD	Short Film	2009
Brain Clever	Short Film	2009
NiheDahch’e Sho Tr inlay (Welcome)	Informational Video	2008
Getting Real	Short Drama	2008
Dawson Town Melted Down	Filmmaker	2007
	Short Film
Klondike Kalahari	Screenwriter	2006
	feature screenplay in development
Inside Out 3:46 min.	Writer, Director, Editor	2005
	personal documentary
My Hurricane 5 min.	Writer, Director, Editor	2004
	experimental drama
Tit for Tat 4 min.	Co-Writer, Director, Editor	2003
	political music video
All Things Nice 4:30 min	Co-Writer, Director, Editor	2003
	satirical documentary
Ladies in Waiting 9 min.	Writer, Director, Camera, Editor	2000
	experimental documentary
Moody Brood 39:30 min	Writer, Director, Narrator	1999
	animated doccumentary
Madame Ada: More Class than Flash 44:25 min.	Writer, Director	1998
	documentary for History Television
Come on In: Women's Centres in Nova Scotia 19:15 min	Co-writer, Director	1995
	Information Video
Ann and Maddy 24 min	Director, Co-Producer	1992
	Drama
In Service 23 min	Co-Writer, Director, Producer	1990
	Drama
The Midday Sun 92 min	Writer, Director	1989
	Dramatic Feature, filmed in Zimbabwe
Enterprising Women 30 min	Writer, Co-Director	1987
	Documentary
Rita MacNeil in Japan 25 min	Director	1985
	Documentary shot in Japan
City Survival 25 min	Co-writer, Director, Editor	1983
	Drama about a Nova Scotian adjusting to life in a big city

Jury: Atlantic Film Festival, Manitoba, Canada Council, Chambers, Multicultural Awards

Residency: Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon, April, 2003

Alibi Unplugged: three screenplays submitted, all recommended for public reading, 2001

Progress Women of Excellence Award, Arts and Culture, 1997

The C.B.C. Pioneer Award, 1995

Best Director Award, and Best Production, St. Francis Xavier Univ. Play Festival, 1971

Women’s Television Network: Through Her Eyes.  Four-hour retrospective, 1995

Moderator, Local Heroes Festival, Declarations of Independents program, 1987-1997

Co-Host Atlantic Filmmakers, series of 12 X 1 hour profiles, C.B.C.1982-83

Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Dawson City Yukon, 2003

Reel Madness Film Festival, Victoria, 2001

Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver, 2000

Femmes en Focus, Moncton, New Brunswick, 1987

The Moody Brood

Finalist, Best Writing, Hot Docs Festival, Toronto, 2000 Gold Camera Award for Best Documentary, U.S. International Film and Video Festival, Chicago, 1999 Best Atlantic Documentary, Rex Tasker Award, Atlantic Film Festival, 1999 Honourable Mention, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1999

Ann and Maddy Awards

Gemini Nomination, Best Actress, Jennifer Phipps

Rita MacNeil in Japan Awards

Best Editing, Atlantic Film Festival, 1986 Best Visual Production, Atlantic Film Festival, 1986

City Survival Awards

Best Short Film, Atlantic Film Festival, 1986 Invited, Local Heroes Festival, Edmonton, 1984

Lulu’s Back in Town Awards

Honorable Mention, Yorkton International Film and Video Festival, 1981

The Moody Brood

Copenhagen, Denmark: “Crossing Boundaries” Festival, April, 2000 St. John's International Women's Film and Video Festival, October 1999 Antigonish Women's Film Festival, November 1999 Rebcontres International Documentaire de Montréal, December 1999

The Midday Sun

Summer Institute of Film, June 1989 Atlantic Film Festival, September 1989 Chicago International Film Festival, October 1989 Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1989 Festival du monde, Montréal, 1989

Dawson City International Short Film Festival: Festival Programmer / Producer, Dec. 2004 – April 2006 Rim Shots Media Arts Festival: films from the North, the Atlantic, and the Pacific, Vancouver June, 2004 A Sense of Place: Canadian Illustrations: Films from Atlantic Canada, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Feb. 2003 Antigonish Women’s Film Festival: Nova Scotian Women’s Films, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. September 2002

Nova Scotia Art Bank – The Moody Brood Public Archives of Canada – several films

1982-84	Summer Institute of Film, Algonquin College, Ottawa Producing Drama 1984 Advanced Screenwriting, 1983 Intermediate Screenwriting, 1982
1976-77	Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto            Motion Picture Studies
1969-72	St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia            General Arts
1968-69	Couvent de Levis, Levis Quebec Grade 11 – all courses in French; averaged 80% by June graduation

2006	Strategic Partners, Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax
2003	Strategic Partners, Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax
2002	Tools of the Trade, sponsored by B.C. Film
2002	After the First Draft, Praxis
2001	Drawing on Film, Cameraless Animation, Cineworks
1995	Understanding Story, Academy of Canadian Cinema
1991	Acting Techniques for Directors Writers and Producers, Judith Weston, Rockport Maine Workshops
1990	Directing for Film, Paul Gray, Montreal

2003 – 2004 

2003-2004	Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Halifax, Nova Scotia            Film department Sessional
2003	Emily Carr College of Art and Design Vancouver, B.C.                       Senior animation students Experimenting with Animation for Industry Professionals
2002	First Works Program: for Nova Scotia Film Development Corp. Antigonish, Nova Scotia             Film theory, production - 9 weeks

Dawson City Arts Society Yukon Film Society Northern Film and Video Industry Association Praxis Centre for Screenwriters (fellow) Moving Images Distribution - Board of Directors (2001 to 2003, 2004-2006) Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-op (past President, Board and Committee member 1980-1986) Linda Joy Media Arts Society (Founding member, past President) National Screen Institute of Canada (Board of Directors, 1992-94) Nova Scotia Talent Trust, Board of Directors and Jury, 1994-96

Languages: English and French