Helen Shaver
Directing
Biography
Helen Shaver is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and director. She attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and studied Acting at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She started acting at 18, collaborating with industry giants like Scorsese and Spielberg. Her performances earned awards—Theatreworld Award for "Jake’s Woman," Genies for "In Praise of Older Women" (Best Actress) and "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Best Supporting Actress). Transitioning to directing, she helmed episodes for various series and directed Emmy-winning films like "Summer’s End." Despite childhood illness, her resilience led her to study acting and excel in her craft.
As actor 88
Columbo
1971
Hill Street Blues
1981
Film '72
1971
T. J. Hooker
1982
The Outer Limits
1995
The 4400
2004
The L Word
2004
Amazing Stories
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Craft
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
B.L. Stryker
1989
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1996
The Land Before Time
1988
Body Double
1984
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
The Color of Money
1986
The Amityville Horror
1979
Best Defense
1984
The Believers
1987
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
The Osterman Weekend
1983
Desert Hearts
1985
WIOU
1990
Numb
2007
The Keeper
2004
Fatal Memories
1992
United States
1980
The Park Is Mine
1986
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003
Born to Be Wild
1995
Starship Invasions
1977
Open Season
1995
That Night
1992
The Men's Club
1986
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
Jessica Novak
1981
Gas
1981
In Praise of Older Women
1978
Zebrahead
1992
Lost!
1986
Search and Rescue
1977
High-Ballin'
1978
Survive The Night
1993
Without Consent
1994
Souls of Totality
2018
Egg Salad
1996
Off Your Rocker
1982
Shoot
1976
Down River
2013
The Naked Man
1976
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
Pair of Aces
1990
Trial & Error
1993
The Supreme Kid
1976
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
1989
Rowing Through
1996
Women in Love: Desert Hearts
2017
Murder So Sweet
1993
Ride with the Wind
1994
Outrageous!
1977
We All Fall Down
1999
The Sweetest Gift
1998
Morning Glory
1993
Falling For You
1995
Common Ground
2000
Calling the Shots
1988
The Risen
2003
Harry Tracy, Desperado
1982
Tree of Hands
1989
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
2008
Bear with Me
2000
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
Coming Out Alive
1980
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
Birthday Cake
2013
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
Countdown to Looking Glass
1984
Trial and Error
1993
Between Two Brothers
1982
The War Boy
1985
The Wishing Tree
1999
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
Many Happy Returns
1986
Walking After Midnight
1988
The Overlanders
1974
No Blame
1988
On the crew 51
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Vikings
2013
Castle
2009
Person of Interest
2011
Elementary
2012
The O.C.
2003
Westworld
2016
Medium
2005
Judging Amy
1999
Nature
1982
13 Reasons Why
2017
Private Practice
2007
Stargate Universe
2009
Sneaky Pete
2015
Snowpiercer
2020
Matlock
2024
Orphan Black
2013
The District
2000
Travelers
2016
The Outer Limits
1995
The Unit
2006
Dead Like Me
2003
Anne with an E
2017
The 4400
2004
The Penguin
2024
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Quantum Leap
2022
Close to Home
2005
The New Look
2024
Reign
2013
Jericho
2006
Revolution
2012
Station Eleven
2021
Crusoe
2008
Make It or Break It
2009
Maid
2021
Impulse
2018
The Firm
2012
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Beggars and Choosers
1999
Journeyman
2007
Dead Man's Gun
1997
Vanished
2006
Just Cause
2002
Combat Hospital
2011
The Net
1998
Happy Place
2020
Due East
2002
Ultra
2006
The Man Who Lost Himself
2005
Summer's End
1999