Charles Officer Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Charles Officer is a Jamaican-Canadian writer, actor, director and former professional hockey player in the United States. Officer’s directorial debut, When Morning Comes, premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). His other work includes the short films Short Hymn Silent War (2001), Pop Song and Urda/Bone (2003), a music video for K'naan’s “Strugglin’” (2005) and television pilot Hotel Babylon (2005). The 57th Berlin International Film Festival selected his feature screenplay Nurse.Fighter.Boy for its Sparkling Tales writer’s lab in 2007. Inspired by... MORE

Charles Officer is a Jamaican-Canadian writer, actor, director and former professional hockey player in the United States. Officer’s directorial debut, When Morning Comes, premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). His other work includes the short films Short Hymn Silent War (2001), Pop Song and Urda/Bone (2003), a music video for K'naan’s “Strugglin’” (2005) and television pilot Hotel Babylon (2005). The 57th Berlin International Film Festival selected his feature screenplay Nurse.Fighter.Boy for its Sparkling Tales writer’s lab in 2007. Inspired by Officer's sister's battle with sickle cell anemia, the film was produced while Officer was a student at the Canadian Film Centre. The film was shot over 23 days with a hand-held camera shot on location in Toronto, in areas where Officer grew up, including the back alleyways of Eastern Avenue; Woodbine and Danforth Avenue; and a boxing club in Cabbagetown where the Officer had learned to fight at age 13. Nurse.Fighter.Boy premiered at TIFF 2008 and won the audience award for Best in World Cinema and a jury prize for Best Cinematography at the Sarasota Film Festival. It was also released theatrically in Canada on LESS