
Directing
Community Rating
4.4
TMDB estimate
Born in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Stephanie Joline is an award-winning Indigenous writer, director, and producer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her work spans multiple genres, with stories that provoke conversation, break boundaries, and are deeply rooted in inclusivity and feminism. She is best known for her directorial debut feature film, Night Blooms (2022) - a 1990s coming-of-age story showcased at TIFF Selects - Women of This Land (2024), a CBC documentary series exploring the cultural connections of Indigenous women in Atlantic Canada - And as a sketch director on This Hour Has 22 Minutes for its 32nd season, contributing to the legacy of Canada's iconic comedy show. Her other credits include I Place You Into the Fire (2024), Warrior Up (2024) on APTN, Farm Crime (2023) on CBC Gem, Words Matter (2022) on CBC, Stream Me (2021) on Hollywood Suite, and Spirit Talker (2019) on APTN. Stephanie has been recognized with several honours, including a Canadian Screen Award for factual TV directing, TIFF's Irving Avrich Award for emerging Canadian talent, and a nomination for the DGC Discovery Award. In 2024, she became the first director from Atlantic Canada selected for the Warner Bros. Discovery Access x Canadian Academy Directors Program. She is an active member of The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, Women in Film and Television Atlantic, Screen Nova Scotia and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. She also contributes to the community by teaching film classes, mentoring emerging filmmakers and serving as the Directors' Caucus Representative for DGC Maritimes.

Guard
as Executive Producer
TBA

Priced to Thrill
as Director, Writer, Producer
2025
Women of this Land: shalan joudry
as Director
2024

What Good Canadians Do
as Director, Producer
2024

Warrior Up!
as Director
2024

I Place You Into the Fire
as Director, Producer
2024
Footnotes
as Director
2024

Night Blooms
as Director, Writer
2022

Stream Me
as Writer, Director
2021

Words Matter
as Director, Writer
2021

Hopeless Romantic
as Director, Writer
2018

Farm Crime
as Writer, Director
2018

Play Your Gender
as Director, Writer, Camera Operator
2017

Play Rewind Play
as Security Guard, Director, Writer, Co-Producer
2017

A Suicide at the Gun Range
as Director, Writer, Co-Producer, Editor
2015

Ednos
as Director, Writer
2013

This Hour Has 22 Minutes
as Director
1993