Episode Seventy-Eight: Aubrey Arnason

Aubrey Arnason is a director, an actor, a television host, a writer, and a hard-working prairie girl who grew up in a hockey family. In 2017, Aubrey was named one of Canada's Top 3 emerging female directors by Women In View; more recently, she directed an episode of the Emmy-nominated series Dino Dana. She has been nominated for an astounding 12 Leo Awards, and won one for Best Host for The Wedding Belles. Aubrey wrote, directed, and starred in Kindergarten Da Bin Ich Weider, a hilarious short film about a woman who is sent back to kindergarten and is based on the fact that Aubrey herself skipped kindergarten altogether. Aubrey also wrote and directed Winter Song, a film that draws inspiration from her hockey origins and was broadcast on Air Canada flights. In this thoughtful and fascinating interview conducted pre-COVID-19, Aubrey reflects on growing up in a hockey family, the joys and challenges of directing kids, facilitating joy via 73 episodes of The Wedding Belles (even though she’s not a big fan of weddings), and how she prepared to play Dr. Lucy Fife on the new Apple TV+ series Home Before Dark. Episode sponsor: DGC BC