Christian Sparkes is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
[1] He is most noted for his film Cast No Shadow, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.
[2] An alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre, Sparkes directed a number of short films before releasing Cast No Shadow as his feature debut in 2014.
The film premiered at the 2014 Atlantic Film Festival, where it received awards from the festival for Best Atlantic Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Cinematography.
[6] In 2020 he was announced as the director of a film adaptation of Michael Crummey's novel Sweetland.