Biography
Norma Bailey is a Canadian film writer, producer, and director whose work is rooted in feminist and intersectional film theory. Bailey has directed several films, both in English and French and in various different genres, including fiction and non-fiction films.
Complete Filmography

Love on the Danube: Royal Getaway
2024
Director
Heartbroken after being jilted at the altar, Ava, a straight-talking urban art gallery manager, takes her honeymoon anyway and meets a charming Europe...

Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders
2016
Director
When Jennifer makes a home delivery for a customer, she finds the recipient has been murdered. She soon realizes that the victim's cold-blooded demise...

The Christmas Secret
2014
Director
While her life is falling apart, single mother Christine finds a magical family heirloom that leads to love and good fortune during Christmas.

Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story
2013
Director
A man is convicted for killing his father and attempting to murder his mother.

An Officer and a Murderer
2012
Director
The true story of Colonel Russell Williams, one Canada’s most powerful and respected Air Force Officers, who committed numerous brutal crimes and was ...

The Pastor's Wife
2011
Director
Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and you...

Committed
2011
Director
Dr. Dupont arrives at a mental facility to apply for a staff position. World famous Dr. Quilly interviews her, and has her sign papers. She is thrille...

The Devil's Teardrop
2010
Director
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demand...

The Christmas Hope
2009
Director
After the recent loss of her son Sean, Patty Addison devotes herself to finding homes for needy children. The loss of their son has strained Patty's r...

Too Late to Say Goodbye
2009
Director
Jenn Corbin seems to have it all; the perfect husband, children and life. But when this suburban wife and mother in an upscale Atlanta suburb, commits...

Eight Days to Live
2006
Director
A mother searches for her lost son, who after four days still has not returned from a party at a friend's house a day's drive away.

Ladies Night
2005
Director
Art and Zach Kirkland enjoy the good life, especially rented luxury cars, which they can only afford because Art regularly seduces women with access t...

Two Worlds Colliding
2004
Consulting Producer
This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, an Indigenous man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of ...

Cowboys & Indians
2003
Director
A police constable guns down a First Nations chief one snow night in Winnipeg, a tragedy that will impact the community for years to come.

Stolen Miracle
2001
Director
Karen and Phil's first child is stolen by someone impersonating a nurse on Christmas Eve. A determined policewoman follows all clues in order to find ...

The Stalking of Laurie Show
2000
Director
A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.

Painful Secrets
2000
Director
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotio...

The Sheldon Kennedy Story
1999
Director
Alberta (Canada) rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy feels abused by dad when punished for poor performances compared to big brother Troy. being recruited ...
Nights Below Station Street
1997
Producer, Director
A pregnant teen has difficulty accepting her father and mother, yet longs to keep the family together.

For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
1996
Producer, Director
Jerry Bines is trying to live down a past that includes killing a man (in self-defence), theft and an alcoholic, abusive father. He sees hope for rede...
The True Story of Linda M.
1995
Director
In 1980, Linda M. was the subject of a film about prostitution directed by Norma Bailey (Nose and Tina). It's 16 years later, and Linda renews her rel...
Bordertown Cafe
1992
Director
Marlene is the owner of a nostalgic cafe on the border of Canada and the USA. Filled with quirky and charming characters, life at the cafe is exciting...

Women in the Shadows
1991
Director
Filmed on location in Saskatchewan from the Qu'Appelle Valley to Hudson Bay, the documentary traces the filmmaker's quest for her Native foremothers i...
Martha, Ruth & Edie
1988
Director
Two women attending a women's seminar on personal development walk out in acute embarrassment during the introduction. They meet up with a woman who a...

Heart Land
1987
Director
HEART LAND takes viewers from a raging white-water kayaking ride and the thundering heat of a chuckwagon race, to swooping over a field of magnificent...

Mistress Madeleine
1986
Editor, Script Editor, Producer
Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the f...

Ikwe
1986
Script Editor, Director, Producer
A young Ojibwa girl from 1770 marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her t...
The Wake
1986
Director, Producer

Nose and Tina
1980
Director
The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.

Wild Rice
1980
Director
This short documentary explores how the First Nations staple of wild rice is exported as a luxury food thanks in part to bush pilots. Follow the famil...
Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth
1980
Director
This short documentary offers a reflection on the development of the North, where towns are increasingly being remade in the image of the South and bu...
Chasing the Eclipse
1979
Director
A group of amateur astronomers and eclipse-chasers prepare to view a total eclipse.

Canada Vignettes: The Performer
1978
Director
This short film from the Canada Vignettes series features tenor Roger Doucet singing the Canadian national anthem, O Canada, before a hockey game in t...

Rabid
1977
Production Assistant
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a retractable, vampiric stinger in her armpit and a t...