Sandra “Sandy” Wilson (born 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
She never intended to become a filmmaker but when she signed up for a Film Workshop at the university, Wilson discovered her passion for moving images.
For The Bridal Shower (1972), Growing Up in Paradise (1977) and He’s Not the Walking Kind Wilson incorporated home video footage that her father shot on 16mm film.
[1] The success of her early personal documentaries inspired Wilson to begin work on her first feature film.
Borsos father, Peter O’Brien, was Sandy Wilson's high school art teacher.
[2] Despite other executives on the film advising against it, Wilson cast her 13-year-old neighbour, Margaret Langrick, in the lead role of Sandy Wilcox.
[4] My American Cousin won six Genie Awards at the 1986 ceremony, including Best Achievement in Direction and Best Original Screenplay for Wilson.
They settled on “winner of six Canadian Academy Awards.”[4] After the success of My American Cousin there was pressure on Wilson to relocate to Los Angeles, but she chose to stay in Vancouver.