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- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid Veninger formed pUNK Films in 2003 with a 'nothing is impossible' manifesto. Since 2008, Ingrid has directed six narrative fiction feature films, Only (2008), Modra (2010), I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person (2011), The Animal Project (2013), He Hated Pigeons (2015), Porcupine Lake (2017), and one feature documentary, The World or Nothing (2019), with premieres at festival worldwide including, TIFF, Rotterdam, Slamdance, Busan and Hot Docs. In addition to directing, Ingrid has produced features with Charles Officer (Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)), Anais Granofsky (Re-Generation (2004)), Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002), The End of Time (2012)). She is the winner of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize, EDA Award for Best Director, and the Women's International Film & Television Showcase (WIFTS) International Visionary Award. Ingrid is a filmmaking mentor at the Canadian Film Centre and full-time faculty in Cinema and Media Arts at York University in Toronto. She has participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus, Rotterdam Lab, and the inaugural TIFF Studio. In 2014, Ingrid initiated the pUNK Films Femmes Lab to foster more competitive feature films written and directed by Canadian women, sponsored by Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. Ingrid continues to champion gender parity in the entertainment industry.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ingrid Veninger
- Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid Veninger formed pUNK Films in 2003 with a 'nothing is impossible' manifesto. Since 2008, Ingrid has directed eight feature films: Only (2008), Modra (2010), i am a Good Person/i Am a Bad Person (2011), The Animal Project (2013), He Hated Pigeons (2015), Porcupine Lake (2017), The World or Nothing (2019), ONE(NINE) (2021). Her work has premiered at festival worldwide including, TIFF, Rotterdam, Slamdance, Rome, Busan and Hot Docs. In addition to directing, Ingrid has produced features with Charles Officer (Nurse.Fighter.Boy), Anais Granofsky (Re-Generation), Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD and The End of Time). She is the winner of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize for Emerging Artist, EDA Award for Best Director (The Animal Project), and the Women's International Film & Television Showcase (WIFTS) International Visionary Award (i am a good person/i am a bad person). Ingrid is a filmmaking mentor at the Canadian Film Centre and joined the York University faculty full-time in 2019 as an Assistant Professor in the department of Cinema and Media Arts. She has participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus, Rotterdam Lab, and the inaugural TIFF Studio, after which she initiated the pUNK Films Femmes Lab to foster more feature films written and directed by Canadian women, sponsored by Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. Ingrid continues to champion gender parity in the entertainment industry and is in development on her ninth feature, slated for production in 2022.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ingrid Veninger
- SpouseJohn Switzer(1990 - present) (2 children)
- Mother of Jacob Switzer and Hallie Switzer.
- Living in obscurity in Toronto region.
- Kris Alexandrea looks a lot like her.
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