
Deanne Foley
- Known for
- Directing
Deanne Foley is a Canadian feature film & TV director and writer. She is best known for the critically acclaimed feature film, An Audience Of Chairs. The film picked up four awards at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival 2018 including Best Director & Best Picture. Her sophomore feature, Relative Happiness, was nominated for Best Picture at the 2015 Directors Guild of Canada Awards, and the Borsos Best Canadian Feature at Whistler Film Festival. Beat Down, her debut feature film, garnered three Canadian Comedy Award nominations including Best Direction. She has directed on CBC's one-hour Republic of Doyle and most recently, she directed the Lifetime MOW Christmas Reservations starring Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina The Teenage Witch) on location in the USA. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada & Writers Guild of Canada. Deanne was awarded BMO Artist of the Years by Arts NL in 2015.
Filmography

Smash & Grab: The Rebel Lens of Mike Jones 2026
Writer

Heritage Minutes: Gander and 9/11 2026
Director, Writer

Party Pirate 2023
Story Editor

Christmas Reservations 2019
Director

The Death of Winter 2019
Executive Producer

Radical 2019
Director

Hopeless Romantic 2018
Director, Writer

An Audience of Chairs 2018
Director

Relative Happiness 2014
Director, Co-Writer

Sadie 2014
Producer

Beat Down 2012
Writer, Director
- The Magnificent Molly McBride
The Magnificent Molly McBride 2009
Director, Writer

The Diary Found By A Nasty Kid 1999
Producer, Intern
Credits from TMDB.