Wanda Nolan is a writer, story consultant, and filmmaker based in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Her National Film Board of Canada documentary The Muse began its festival run in 2025, winning Best Canadian Short Documentary and the Audience Choice Award for Best Short Documentary at Lunenburg Doc Fest, as well as Best Atlantic Short Documentary at the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF). She is the co-writer and co-director, with Lian Morrison, of Sing the World Better (Ruby Line Productions), slated for release in January 2026.

As a story consultant, Nolan’s recent credits include the feature documentaries Sons (NFB) and Luben and Elena (NFB).

In 2016, she made her directorial debut with two short films: the NFB-produced animated film The Mystery of the Secret Room (2016), which was nominated for two Golden Sheaf Awards (Best Emerging Filmmaker and Best Animation) and for the Golden Egg Award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival; and the live-action short Crocuses (2016), produced by LJH Films. Crocuses won Best Short at the Nickel Film Festival and the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award, and was selected for the 2018 Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) Short Film Showcase, screening in over 40 countries.

In 2014, Nolan was named one of eleven "Writers to Watch" by CBC Canada Writes. She holds a Master of Creative Writing degree from the University of British Columbia.

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