Charles Officer, an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, producer and writer whose work spanned features, documentary and television, and often centred Black voices and characters, died at his home in Toronto on Friday.
Officer, who was 48, passed away after a long illness, according to his business partner at CaneSuger Filmworks, Jake Yanowski.
Yanowski remembered his long-time creative collaborator as a giant of the Canadian film and television scene who will be deeply missed both by audiences and those in the industry.
“He had a way of connecting with people, listening to people hearing people and engaging with them,” Yanowski told CBC Toronto in an interview Sunday.
“I think
