David Wharnsby
David Wharnsby is a Canadian film editor. He was married to award-winning director and actress Sarah Polley.
Life and career
Wharnsby was born in Waterloo, Ontario. He attended Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School.Some of Wharnsby's numerous credits include; the CBC's miniseries Northern Town, directed by Gary Burns; At The Hotel, directed by Ken Finkleman; TIFF top ten films, I, Claudia, by Chris Abraham; The Uncles by Jim Allodi; Ken Finkleman's The Newsroom and Foreign Objects; I Shout Love by Sarah Polley; Atom Egoyan's Sarabande; The Four Seasons and Don Giovanni Unmasked by Barbara Willis Sweete; David Weaver's Siblings and Century Hotel; and Three Stories by Semi Chellas.
His television directing credits include one episode of Billable Hours, two episodes of Being Erica and three episodes of Saving Hope.
Wharnsby received a Gemini Award for his work on Jennifer Baichwal's documentary The Holier It Gets. He has also worked with Baichwal on The True Meaning of Pictures, and the Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles. He won a Genie Award in 2004 for his work on Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World. Wharnsby was also awarded the DGC Craft Award for Picture Editing of a Feature Film for Away from Her in 2007. Regardless of the myriad of awards he has been nominated for and/or received, he has rarely made any public appearances.
Wharnsby married Sarah Polley, who in addition to directing is an actress, singer, writer, and activist, in September 2003. They have since divorced. He collaborated with then wife Polley on the 2006 feature-length film Away from Her, which Polley directed. His mother Marnie was host of the children's television show Romper Room in the 1960s for CKCO-TV. His brother Tim is a sports reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, cbcsports.ca. He also has two sisters.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1996 | Project Grizzly | Documentary |
| 1996 | Drive | Short film |
| 1997 | Hong Kong Symphony | TV movie |
| 1997 | Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande | |
| 1998 | Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles | Documentary |
| 1998 | ' | Short film |
| 1999 | Heater | |
| 1999 | In Memory | Short film |
| 1999 | Don't Think Twice | Short film |
| 2000 | Hindsight | Short film |
| 2000 | Prelude | Short film |
| 2000 | ' | Short film |
| 2000 | 24fps | Short film |
| 2000 | ' | |
| 2001 | Great Performances | Episode: "Don Giovanni Unmasked" |
| 2001 | Three Stories from the End of Everything | Short film |
| 2001 | Century Hotel | |
| 2001 | I Shout Love | Short film |
| 2002 | ' | Documentary |
| 2002 | Perfect Pie | |
| 2002 | Escape from the Newsroom | TV movie |
| 2003 | ' | |
| 2004 | ' | Episode: "America, America" |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Rex | TV movie |
| 2004 | Trouser Accidents | Short film |
| 2004 | I, Claudia | |
| 2004 | Siblings | |
| 2006 | At the Hotel | TV series |
| 2006 | Northern Town | TV series |
| 2006 | Away from Her | |
| 2008 | Passchendaele | |
| 2008 | Green Door | Short film |
| 2009 | Being Erica | 11 episodes |
| 2011 | Saving Hope | TV series |
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2007 | Billable Hours | Episode: "The Killer Comma" |
| 2009 | Being Erica | Episode 108: "This Be the Verse" Episode 207: "The Unkindest Cut" |
| 2012 | Saving Hope | Episode 217: "Twinned Lambs" Episode 308: "The Heartbreak Kid" |