Biography
Don McBrearty is a Canadian director.
Complete Filmography

A Cinderella Christmas Ball
2024
Executive Producer
Chelsea Jones, a Chicago-based dance instructor whose adoptive parents have long since passed, travels to the small European country of Havenshire ove...

Royally Yours, This Christmas
2023
Director
It's Christmastime in buzzing Manhattan. Single mother and luxury hotel housekeeper Neve Collins never meant to deceive guest of honor James Winter, t...

Christmas on Windmill Way
2023
Executive Producer, Director
Mia Meijer gets ready for the Christmas Market Dutch Bake-Off and suspects that her grandmother, Ann, will walk away with the cherished Golden Rolling...

The Fabric of Christmas
2023
Director
Liam, a fireman, and Amy, a quilting teacher, team up to make a Christmas quilt for Liam’s sister’s wedding, but their burgeoning romance is threatene...

Zoe's Having a Baby
2023
Director
Zoe Cain wants a baby. Single, and tired of the saturated NYC dating scene, she decides to go it alone. Using an anonymous sperm donor, the chances ar...

Christmas at the Drive-In
2022
Director, Executive Producer
Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law pra...

The Perfect Pairing
2022
Director
A food and wine critic who hits her head and loses memory while accidentally visiting a winery she panned in the past, owned and operated by single da...

Jingle Bell Princess
2021
Director
An actual princess has some mechanical issues and is temporarily grounded. Does she have time for a lobster roll? It is Christmas time in Maine which...

Boyfriends of Christmas Past
2021
Director
Leading up to Christmas, marketing executive, Lauren, is visited by the ghosts of four ex-boyfriends. She must learn to open her heart or risk losing ...

Color of Love
2021
Director
An African American widow with two kids who has so much love to give, she often fosters children who need a home. She finds out that Peter and Rachel,...

Cooking Up Love
2021
Director
On a lark, Zoey rents a food truck and enters a reality TV competition. Heat rises between her and the handsome founder of a fast food chain, but when...

Unlocking Christmas
2020
Director
When a mysterious key and a holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate and Kevin embark on a Christmas romance adventure they’ll never forget.

Double Holiday
2019
Director
Rebecca must throw the company holiday party with office rival, Chris. It coincides with Hanukkah, so she must juggle her work, family traditions, and...

Christmas in Love
2018
Executive Producer, Director
Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson v...

Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe
2018
Executive Producer, Director
Darcy has always worked hard to prove herself and be successful on her own terms, even choosing to start her own company, rather than work with her fa...

Return to Christmas Creek
2018
Director, Executive Producer
As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas C...

Very, Very, Valentine
2018
Director
Helen, a kind hearted and shy florist, meets the perfect man at a Valentine's Masquerade Ball. When she enlists the help of her best friend Henry to t...

Magical Christmas Ornaments
2017
Director
When Marie begins receiving ornaments from her mother, a new coincidental blessing comes with each one, causing Marie to feel more excited for the hol...

Deadly Secrets by the Lake
2017
Director
A decorated NYPD detective returns to her hometown after her sister is charged with the murder of her boss and attempts to make amends with her estran...

Valentine Ever After
2016
Director
Big city girls Julia and her best friend Sydney take a trip to a dude ranch in Wyoming for a fun weekend getaway, but after a brawl at the local bar, ...

Star Spangled Banners
2013
Director
Ten years following the breakup of the family band, The Banner Project, siblings Desiree, Johnny, and Mitchel Banner, are faced with the decision to r...
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
Director
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously l...

An Old Fashioned Christmas
2010
Director
Isabella takes her granddaughter to Ireland to stay with a famous family friend for the holidays, only to discover that the best Christmases are simpl...

The Wild Girl
2010
Director
Ned Giles, an aspiring news photographer, joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on the search for a young boy, the son of a wealthy Mexican land owne...

Unstable
2009
Director
After an abusive, dangerous relationship, a wealthy pampered new bride who has been under psychiatric care for mental issues is either sabotaging hers...

Accidental Friendship
2008
Director
Homeless woman Yvonne Caldwell is a woman with good reason to be bitter: she has lost everything except her two beloved dogs, Bebe and Man-Man. With h...

Luna: Spirit of the Whale
2007
Director
When a government representative announces that he intends to reunite an orphaned orca with his pod by transporting him hundreds of miles over dry lan...

Terry
2005
Director
"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thund...

More Sex & the Single Mom
2005
Director
Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage da...

Chasing Freedom
2004
Director
Inspired by a true story, a self-centered corporate lawyer is forced to take on a pro-bono case to help a young Afghan woman seek refuge from the tyra...

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
Director
Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old house that was formerly inhabited by the nice old Mrs....

Sex & the Single Mom
2003
Director
Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarit...

The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
2002
Director
When 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe is brutally murdered at her home in her small home town, the authorities foolishly jump to conclusions that her 14-ye...

Riddler's Moon
1999
Director
Teenager Elias has watched his farming community struggle through season after season of bad crops. When unexplained visions--perhaps from another wor...

The Arrow
1997
Director
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from ...

Newton : A Tale of Two Isaacs
1997
Director
As Newton devotes himself to the difficult and solitary path of challenging the existing view of the universe and proving his own theories on celestia...

Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997
Director
Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

The Haunting of Lisa
1996
Director
A precocious youngster's visions of a mysterious woman and a series of child murders leads her mom to seek help from the authorities.
Butterbox Babies
1995
Director
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
1994
Director
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

A Child's Christmas in Wales
1987
Director
It's Christmas Eve in Wales. A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing...

Really Weird Tales
1986
Director
The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

The Town Where No One Got Off
1986
Director
Provoked by the snobbish attitude of a city slicker towards the people from the countryside, a man gets off his train at a random village to confirm h...

Boys and Girls
1983
Director
Boys and Girls is a 1983 Canadian short film directed by Don McBrearty. It is based on Alice Munro's short story of the same name, written in 1968. It...

American Nightmare
1983
Director
A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.

Coming Out Alive
1980
Director
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.

Hot Wheels
1980
Director, Writer
Two girls turn down two boys for more prosperous, motorized dates. In anger, the two teenage boys steal a car, booze up and accidentally meet up with ...