Johanna Schneller

Johanna Schneller is an American-born Canadian film journalist and television personality, who hosted the film talk show The Filmmakers on CBC Television.[1]

A freelance celebrity interviewer for such publications as Vanity Fair, GQ, Chatelaine and Toronto Life, she is also the film columnist for The Globe and Mail,[2] and hosted TVOntario's weekly Saturday Night at the Movies for two seasons.[3] She has also been a regular television columnist for the Toronto Star and the StarMetro chain.[4] Schneller has lived in Toronto since 1994 with her husband, Canadian journalist Ian Brown,[5] and their two children, Hayley and Walker.[6]

Schneller was appointed president of the Toronto Film Critics Association in 2021.[7] Schneller resigned from this position in March 2026, after her decision[8] to remove two sentences[9] expressing support for Palestine from a pre-recorded acceptance speech by actress and filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2025 award ceremony. Tailfeathers, who was awarded outstanding supporting performance in a Canadian film for her role in Sweet Angel Baby, returned her award after her speech was cut short, and nearly half[10] of the Toronto Film Critics Association's members resigned.

References

  1. ^ "CBC series The Filmmakers wants to curate the Canadian film canon". The Georgia Straight, 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ Block, Sheri (30 January 2009). "Does Heath Ledger deserve to win an Oscar?". CTV. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  3. ^ "10 Days in LA: Team SNAM". TVO. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012.
  4. ^ "I started a new TV column today, four times/week in @metrotoronto and @TorontoStar".
  5. ^ Ahearn, Victoria (8 February 2010). "Journalist Ian Brown wins $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction". Canada East. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012.
  6. ^ "To Feel Needed". The Oprah Winfrey Show. April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Johanna Schneller Named President of TFCA". Toronto Film Critics Association. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Statement Regarding Edits to Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' Awards Speech". Toronto Film Critics Association. 4 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns Toronto film critics award, says support for Palestine cut from speech". CBC. 4 March 2026.
  10. ^ "What's happening with the Toronto Film Critics Association?". CBC. 9 March 2026.


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