Clement Virgo is one of Canada's foremost feature film directors. Born in Jamaica, Virgo immigrated to Canada at the age of 11. He was a resident in the inaugural 1991 Summer Lab at the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and returned there in 1992 for a further nine-month residency. Virgo has also received acclaim for his work in short film and television. He received a 2011 Gemini Award nomination for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series for The Listener, and a 2006 DGC Outstanding Achievement Craft Award for direction on the TV series, ReGenesis. He has directed multiple episodes of The Wire for HBO, The L Word and Soul Food for Showtime, and his short film, Save My Lost Nigga' Soul (1993), won Best Film prizes at the Toronto, Fespaco and Chicago Film Festivals. He has also presented a series of intimate talks to celebrate Black History Month in Toronto since 2010, with such notable guests as Lee Daniels, Norman Jewison, Spike Lee, Pam Grier, and John Singleton.Virgo's Lie With Me caused a stir at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival for its artistically daring portrayal of explicit sexual themes. Starring Lauren Lee Smith (The L Word) and Eric Balfour (Six Feet Under), Lie With Me had its European premiere at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, Panorama Section. It has been distributed internationally in over 30 territories, and sold to Showtime in the US.His latest feature, the boxing drama Poor Boy's Game (starring Danny Glover and Rossif Sutherland), world-premiered at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival, Panorama Special Section, and was presented as a Special Selection at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, selling in over 40 countries. It won best film and audience choice awards at the Atlantic Film Festival and Calgary International Film Festival, 2007. Poor Boy's Game also earned Virgo a nomination in 2007 for the DGC Outstanding Achievement Craft Award for direction of a motion picture film. Show less «