- Nickname
- WPS
- BAFTA and CSA-winning, double Emmy-nominated filmmaker Warren P. Sonoda has directed over 100 episodes of television including Trailer Park Boys, Ghostwriter, Utopia Falls, Murdoch Mysteries, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Odd Squad and just finished 2 episodes of SyFy's hit series Resident Alien for Amblin/Universal; 11 feature films including Things I Do For Money, Swearnet: The Movie and Coopers Camera; over 160 music videos which garnered 4 MuchMusic Video Awards and 2 CCMAs; he's received a medal from the Queen, knocked Martin Scorsese out of the Guinness Book of World Records, sits on the boards of BIPOC TV & Film and the Canadian Film Fest, and in 2020, was the first person of colour to be elected National President of the Directors Guild of Canada after being the youngest DGC member elected as the DGC's National Director Division Chair in 2018. He also failed Ryerson film school, twice.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Shoot Good Films Inc.
- Editing style punctuated with staccato cuts, a knack for comedic timing and use of a wide range of coverage.
- Has won 4 MuchMusic Video Awards (2000, 1998, 1997 and 1995) and holds the record for consecutive years nominated (six in a row, 1995-2000).
- One of three "Most Promising DIrectors" for the annual Playback's Ten To Watch List 2005. Most notably for his direction of the cult comedy Ham & Cheese and his prolific and accomplished music video work.
- One of the elite few to have directed over 100 music videos in Canada. He has also edited over 170 music videos and was recently nominated for his editing prowess at the 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards.
- Asks his close friends to call him "William Sonoma" after the home appliance store because he wants his feature films to be on screens in "everybody's home" and because the name sounds similar to his.
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