Stephanie Morgenstern's award-winning career spans many disciplines: beginning as an actor ('Maelstrom,' Denis Villeneuve; 'The Sweet Hereafter', Atom Egoyan), she branched into filmmaking, screenwriting, directing and showrunning. She and her partner Mark Ellis were co-creators, writers, and executive producers on 'Flashpoint' (CBS/CTV/Ion), jointly winning the WGC's 'Showrunner of the Year Award' in 2013 when the show ended its five-season run. 'Flashpoint'won Best Dramatic Series (Gemini 2009, CSA 2013), and earned the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television in 2013. Ellis and Morgenstern were also co-creators, writers, executive producers and showrunners of CBC's WWII espionage drama 'X Company,' shooting in Budapest over three seasons. It was nominated for a Best Drama CSA in its premiere year, and Morgenstern directed its two-part finale. Since that time she has been directing episodic dramas ('Killjoys' (SyFy/Space) 'Burden of Truth (CBC/CW), 'Nurses' (Global), and 'Hudson & Rex' (CityTV). Her two short films 'Curtains' (co-directed with Mark Morgenstern) and 'Remembrance' both premiered at TIFF and earned Genie nominations for Best Short Live Action Film. 'Remembrance' also won Best Canadian Short at the Worldwide Short Film Festival.