Direction: Jim Donovan

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jim Donovan. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Heartland (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Dean Bennett · Grant Harvey · Chris Potter · T.W. Peacocke

Cast Amber Marshall · Michelle Morgan · Graham Wardle · Chris Potter

Synopsis A multi-generational saga set in Alberta, Canada and centered on a family getting through life together in both happy and trying times.

6.2

30 votes

6.2

30 votes

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction D.J. MacHale · Ned Kandel · David Winning · Jean-Marie Comeau

Cast Ross Hull · Raine Pare-Coull · Jodie Resther · Jason Alisharan

Synopsis TV Series (1991-1996 and 1999-2000). 7 Seasons. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a show about a group of kids called "The Midnight Society". Members meet in a secret location in the woods and take turns telling their own...

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

21 Thunder (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Jerry Ciccoritti · Charles Officer · Jim Donovan

Cast Stephanie Bennett · Emmanuel Kabongo · Andres Joseph · Kevin Claydon

Synopsis In the cutthroat world of pro soccer, a club lives and dies by the stars on its under-21 team. They are the future and lifeblood of any franchise, but most will never make it. 21 THUNDER is the story of...

4.3

47 votes

4.3

47 votes

Fugitive at 17 (TV)

2012 · Movie · 84 min. · Canada

Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Marie Avgeropoulos · Daniel Rindress-Kay · Christina Cox · Danny Blanco Hall

Synopsis Suspected of murdering her best friend, a teenage computer-hacker goes on the run to find the real killer.

4.0

146 votes

4.0

146 votes

The Watch (TV)

2008 · Movie · 90 min. · Canada

Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Clea Duvall · Elizabeth Whitmere · James A. Woods · Victoria Sanchez

Synopsis Cassie, a psychology student, struggles with the trauma of being kidnapped as a child-an experience that left her with a fear of the dark and of being alone. Now, in order to face her fears and finish her thesis, Cassie...

3.7

89 votes

3.7

89 votes

The Perfect Teacher (TV)

2010 · Movie · 87 min. · Canada

Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Megan Park · David Charvet · Boti Bliss · Keeva Lynk

Synopsis Devon Cory (Megan Park) is a spoiled and beautiful high-school student who always gets what she wants. This time, she wants her handsome math teacher, Jim Wilkes (David Charvet), and when Devon sets her sights on the recent divorcé, she...

3.3

335 votes

3.3

335 votes

Direction Alan Goodman · Maggie Greenwald · Allison Liddi · Adam Weissman

Cast Irene Ng · Pat Morita · Adam Busch · Preslaysa Edwards

Synopsis This show is about a girl named Shelby who lives with her grandfather in an inn-type place. When she is done with her chores, she works at the police station helping with small things, and always finding a way to...

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Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Nia Vardalos · Mike Dopud · Chanelle Peloso · Genea Charpentier

Synopsis Stacey Ruth Castor weathered the storm of her first husband's death and managed to find love again with her boss, David. But when David is discovered dead of an apparent suicide, the police suspect some foul play, as David's death...

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Provocateur

1998 · Movie · 103 min. · Canada

Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Jane March · Stephen Mendel · Lillo Brancato · Nick Mancuso

Synopsis In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.

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Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Shelby Bain · Alexandra Castillo · Katie Douglas · David James Elliott

Synopsis On the night she plans on taking her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She manages to talk her attacker into releasing her, but when she returns home, no one believes her...

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Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Alyson Hannigan · Howie Lai · Daphne Hoskins · Daniel Nemes

Synopsis High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.

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Republic of Doyle (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Perry Chafe · Allan Hawco · Malcolm MacRury · Stefan Scaini

Cast Allan Hawco · Krystin Pellerin · Marthe Bernard · Mark O'Brien

Synopsis Jake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.

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Direction Adam Weissman · Giles Walker · George Mihalka · Jim Donovan

Cast Matthew Ewald · Marie-Marguerite Sabongui · Sam Magdi · Jeff Hall

Synopsis On his birthday, Nick Bluetooth recieves some kind of map that takes him and his best friend, Allegra Zane, to a ship (which is shaped like an egg). A robot named Jens on the ship thinks they two teens have...

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3 saisons

2009 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Jim Donovan

Cast Caroline Neron · Romano Orzari · Frank Schorpion · Carinne Leduc

Synopsis Three stories unfold over the course of 9 months. Two couples live at extreme opposites of each other, yet they share one commonality: an unexpected pregnancy. Carmine and Sasha live in a comfortable world where the arrival of a child...

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Undressed (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Tim Andrew · George Verschoor · Matthew Leutwyler · Jamie Babbit

Cast Serah D'Laine · Christina Hendricks · Gina May · Bree Turner

Synopsis Anthology series examines the diverse sexual relationships involving the different genders, races, sexual orientations and fetishes of high schoolers, college students and post-college roommates.

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