Mary Lewis

Directing

Mary Lewis

Place of birth

Kampala, Uganda

Known for

Directing

Credits

30 titles

Mary Lewis is a Canadian director, actress, animator, producer, and artist. Born in Kampala, Uganda, Mary was raised from the age of 5 in St John's, Newfoundland and divides her time between living in St John's and Toronto. Her films include "When Ponds Freeze Over," "The Sparky Book," "Clothesline Patch," and many others.

Known for

Suits poster
8.2

While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.

Suits

2011

Below poster
7.3

When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman and his family fight to protect their close-knit community.

Below

2026

Hudson & Rex poster
8.4

Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off. Based on the Austrian–Italian series, Kommissar Rex.

Hudson & Rex

2019

The Kids in the Hall poster
7.6

The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson.

The Kids in the Hall

1989

Above and Beyond poster
6.8

Above and Beyond is a four-hour 2006 miniseries aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on October 29 and 30. The miniseries is about the Atlantic Ferry Organization, which was tasked with delivering aircraft from North America to Europe in the early years of the Second World War. It stars Richard E. Grant, Jonathan Scarfe, Liane Balaban, Allan Hawco, Kenneth Welsh, and Jason Priestley.

Above and Beyond

2006

House of Deadly Lies poster
5.2

A stay-at-home mom takes in her struggling best friend to help her through a tough time but soon secrets are revealed that could tear her family apart and put everyone in danger.

House of Deadly Lies

2023

Film credits

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 6 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Come into My Parlour poster
NR

Joyously reclaiming "spinsterhood" from its sexist implications, the filmmaker recalls the undauntable great aunt who provided her first driving lesson. Female agency grabs the wheel in a beautifully constructed animated homage.

Come into My Parlour

1990

Come into My Parlour poster
NR

Joyously reclaiming "spinsterhood" from its sexist implications, the filmmaker recalls the undauntable great aunt who provided her first driving lesson. Female agency grabs the wheel in a beautifully constructed animated homage.

Come into My Parlour

1990

Come into My Parlour poster
NR

Joyously reclaiming "spinsterhood" from its sexist implications, the filmmaker recalls the undauntable great aunt who provided her first driving lesson. Female agency grabs the wheel in a beautifully constructed animated homage.

Come into My Parlour

1990

When Ponds Freeze Over poster
7.0

Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.

When Ponds Freeze Over

1998

When Ponds Freeze Over poster
7.0

Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.

When Ponds Freeze Over

1998

When Ponds Freeze Over poster
7.0

Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.

When Ponds Freeze Over

1998

Clothesline Patch poster
10.0

Clothesline Patch is the story of a young girl trying to keep a secret in a small Newfoundland outport (c. 1966), an unlikely setting for keeping secrets. The central focus is the clothesline patch, the communal clearing where washing is set out to dry. It is also the place where gossip is shared. Hannah is determined that her secret of becoming a woman must never reach the clothesline patch. To ensure this, she goes to extraordinary lengths to hide the fact that she has entered puberty, sometimes with amusing results.

Clothesline Patch

2000

The Sparky Book poster
NR

In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness. The dog lords an unusual reign on a harbour city, but his bond to the girl is tested when her illness takes a dark turn.

The Sparky Book

2006

The Sparky Book poster
NR

In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness. The dog lords an unusual reign on a harbour city, but his bond to the girl is tested when her illness takes a dark turn.

The Sparky Book

2006