Madison Thomas

Madison Thomas is a filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Growing up, she emerged as a natural storyteller and artist at a young age. Her work reflects her mixed cultural roots: Ojibwe, Saulteax, Russian and Ukrainian. Thomas also draws inspiration from experiences growing up in the inner city and has committed herself to diverse representation in her work.

Thomas received her Bachelor of Arts majoring in Filmmaking from the University of Winnipeg in 2012. In 2011 she was accepted into Prague Film School’s summer intensive program. Thomas is the first Canadian Indigenous person to ever be accepted to the school.

Thomas has also worked for the past four seasons as a researcher, senior editor and director for the CBC & APTN series “Taken” produced by Eagle Vision Productions which shares the true stories of Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous woman. In 2018 Thomas, along with the rest of the show’s research team, were honoured with a Canadian Screen Award nomination for their work on the show.

She is the director of previous CBC Short Docs: Fourth Period Burnout, Declutter, Exposed Nerves and Zaasaakwe.