Charles Officer, often called one of many leaders in Black Canadian unbiased movie, has died. He was 49 and succumbed at his house in Toronto Friday from issues from a coronary heart assault.
Officer had been battling what’s been described as a prolonged sickness that was not specified. He had a lung transplant in December 2022.
Officer’s best-known movie was the 2009 indie Nurse.Fighter.Boy, an city love story. He additionally directed 4 episodes of The Porter, a CBC/BET+ drama about railway employees from either side of the Canadian-U.S. border.
He was a cofounder of the Black Screen Office in Canada, and launched and ran Canesugar Filmworks with longtime enterprise accomplice Jake Yanowski.
Officer’s newest movie was Akilla’s Escape, against the law noir. His different fims included the documentary Mighty Jerome and Unarmed Verses.
The Toronto Black Film Festival on X, previously Twitter, saluted his profession: “We’re deeply saddened by the loss of Charles Officer. His impactful work in film and storytelling touched many hearts, and we were honored to present many of his films and welcomed him at TBFF back in 2013. May his legacy continue to inspire us all.”
The National Film Board of Canada additionally famous him: “Today, we mourn the passing of Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer and extend our sympathies to his loved ones.”