Tyler Simmonds, a filmmaker, speaker, and researcher from Halifax, Nova Scotia, uses creative storytelling and personal experience to help others discover stillness, resilience, and healing. His work emphasizes vulnerability and mindfulness, embodying a calm intensity, balanced between sincerity and irony. As a sardonic observer of society, he transforms discomfort into dialogue and humour into subtle truth.
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Awards & Accomplishments:
Best Direction in a Documentary Series (2022) // Canadian Screen Awards
Best Filmmaker (2021) // The Coast, Best of Halifax
Brave Heart Award (2020) // Courage To Give Back Awards (Family SOS)
Filmmaker Award (2019) // JRG Society For The Arts
100 Best Speakers on Mental Resilience - Ranked #22 (2019) // EZcare Clinic
Youth Inspirational Award (2018) // Emerging Lens Film Festival
Health Award (2018) // Buddy Daye Institute
Audience Choice Award (2017) // Emerging Lens Film Festival
Best Local Short Film (2016) // Bluenose Ability Arts & Film Festival
CAMH Difference Makers Award (2016) // CAMH