Fenn Mayes

Fenn is a nonfiction filmmaker and video producer for CBC Indigenous and CBC Sports. Since graduating from Concordia, Fenn has received 17 journalism awards and nominations for excellence in journalism, journalism production and audio-visual excellence. Known for bold creative risks and layered visual narratives that blend journalistic precision with fictional film techniques, Fenn’s work has earned an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Sports Reporting, a Canadian Screen Award nomination for an Indigenous politics-related series, and four RTDNA awards. Fenn’s documentary approach brings subversive perspectives to stories often overlooked, always maintaining clarity, humanity, and cinematic depth. At Concordia, Fenn wrote for The Link, interned at EyeSteelFilm in Montreal, and was winner of multiple awards, including the Bell Media Scholarship in Journalism, the Enn Raudsepp Award and the Concordia University Graduate Students Association Academic Excellence Award. Before journalism, Fenn fought wildfires across British Columbia and Australia and studied queer and feminist theory in the off-season.