Winnifred Jong
Director
2nd Unit Director
ON - Ontario District Council
Winnifred created, wrote and directed the comedic web series TOKENS; boldly becoming the first short form series to be nominated for Best Ensemble at the ACTRA Awards and went on to receive four Canadian Screen Award nominations (including Best Writing) and winning for Best Direction. In 2020 she was recognized with the Sandi Ross Award. In 2023, TOKENS was acquired by The Roku Channel and was nominated again for four more Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Series, with Winnifred winning for Best Direction.
She burst into the US television market as the producing-director on OWN’s THE KINGS OF NAPA which premiered in January 2022. Upcoming credits include WB/CW’s KUNG FU, AppleTV’s JANE and Netflix’s FIREFLY LANE and MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS
Selected for the inaugural BANFF Spark Accelerator, Winnifred has twice attended as a participant of the Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Program.
*DGC Credits only.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent - Season 1
TV Series 2023, Director
WILD CARDS - SEASON 1
TV Series 2023, Director
Art of Christmas, The
TV Movie 2023, Director
Christmas Revisited
TV Movie 2023, Director
My Life with the Walter Boys - Season 01
TV Series 2022, Director
Pretty Hard Cases - Season 3
TV Series 2022, Director
FIREFLY LANE - SEASON 2
TV Series/New Media 2021, Director
Tokens - Season 2
Web Series 2021, Director
KUNG FU - SEASON 2
TV Series 2021, Director
Jane - Season 1
TV Series 2021, Director
Pretty Hard Cases - Season 2
TV Series 2021, Director
Kings of Napa, The - Season 1
TV Series 2021, Director
Pretty Hard Cases
TV Series 2020, Director
Heartland Season 14
TV Series 2020, Director
Nurses - Season 2
TV Series 2020, Director
Distant Cousins
Short Film 2020, Director
Endlings - Season 2
TV Series 2019, Director
Private Eyes - Season 4
TV Series 2019, Director
Coroner - Season 2
TV Series 2019, Director
Mystery 101: Dead Talk
TV Movie 2019, Director
Nurses - Season 1
TV Series 2018, Director
Coroner
TV Series 2018, Director
Tokens
Web Series 2018, Director
Frankie Drake Webisodes - Bank To The Future
Webisode 2017, Director
X Company - Season 2
TV Series 2015, 2nd Unit Director - daily
X Company
TV Series 2014, 2nd Unit Director - daily
Played
TV Series 2013, 2nd Unit Director - daily
Flashpoint - Season 5
TV Series 2012, 2nd Unit Director - daily