Nadia Litz

Nadia Litz is an award-winning Canadian/British actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She costarred in David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future with Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux which premiered in Cannes. From that film, Viggo Mortensen cast her in his western The Dead Don't Hurt, starring Vicky Krieps. As a young actress in Canada, she starred in Jeremy Podeswa's feature film debut The Five Senses. That film premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and won several awards. Podeswa then cast her as Sam Shepard's daughter, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the Canada Screen Awards. After getting her film theory degree, was was accepted to the Berlin Talent Lab where her mentors included Tilda Swinton and Wim Wenders. She was a director in residence at Nornan Jewison's Canadian Film Center. Her first short film as a director played at over 25 international film festivals, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival and winning Best Short at Austin's Fantastic Fest. Her feature The People Garden (Scythia Films) was shot in Canada and Japan and stars Dree Hemingway, Pamela Anderson, Francois Arnaud, Jai Tatsuto West and James Le Gros. It won the audience award at TIFF Screenwriting lab and later premiered at BAFICI. It was released by Orion Pictures(World).