Charles Wilkinson

Charles Wilkinson is a Canadian film and television director based in Vancouver, British Columbia, best known for making documentary films that touch on environmental issues.

Before moving into documentaries, Wilkinson worked for many years in dramatic television series and on narrative feature films.

As a preteen, he was one of the original performers in the Calgary Safety Roundup, paired with his brother Billy as kid cowboy singers. "We sang both kinds - country and western."

Filmography Film Tiers: A Story of the Penitentiary - 1982 My Kind of Town - 1984 The Little Town That Did - 1984 Quarantine - 1989 Blood Clan - 1990 Max - 1994 Breach of Trust, aka Crash - 1995 Airprentice - 2006 Down Here - 2008 Peace Out - 2011 Oil Sands Karaoke - 2013 Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World - 2015 Vancouver: No Fixed Address - 2017 Haida Modern - 2019 Gyaa Isdlaa: Beyond Being Silenced - 2023 Talk About Lonely - 2025

Television The Beachcombers - 1986, one episode High Country - 1989, television film The Highlander - 1994-97, four episodes Road to Avonlea - 1995, one episode The Legend of the Ruby Silver - 1996, television film Angel Flight Down - 1996, television film Seduction in a Small Town - 1997, television film Out of Nowhere - 1997, television film Dead Man's Gun - 1998, two episodes Welcome to Paradox - 1998, two episodes So Weird - 1999, two episodes 2gether - 2000, two episodes Los Luchadores - 2000-01, one episode The Immortal - 2001, one episode A Crime of Passion - 2003, television film Heart of the Storm - 2004, television film

Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Directors Guild of Canada 2012 DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film Peace Out 2016 Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World 2020 Haida Modern Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2012 Best Canadian Feature Documentary Peace Out 2015 Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2013 Best Canadian Documentary Oil Sands Karaoke Best British Columbia Film 2015 Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World Best Director of a British Columbia Film Vancouver International Film Festival 2011 Most Popular Canadian Documentary Peace Out 2015 Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World 2019 Haida Modern