He wrote and directed 3 seasons,[1] which won several international awards, including Best Feature at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival,[2] Best Director at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival,[3] and Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival.
[4][5] He received a 2005 Directors Guild of Canada nomination for Pure,[6] his first feature film.
[7] He relocated from Montreal to Toronto in early 2010,[8] and founded Undertow Entertainment in 2011.
In 2013, Donovan was presented with a Canadian Screen Award for best director for his work on the television series Flashpoint.
[9] In 2014, Donovan was nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Drama Television Series for the program Cracked; Ghost Dance.