Helen Shaver
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.
51 directing credits · 87 acting credits
Directing · 51
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Medium
2005
Vikings
2013
Castle
2009
Person of Interest
2011
Private Practice
2007
Westworld
2016
Elementary
2012
13 Reasons Why
2017
Judging Amy
1999
The O.C.
2003
Snowpiercer
2020
Nature
1982
Close to Home
2005
The Outer Limits
1995
The Unit
2006
The District
2000
Matlock
2024
The 4400
2004
Orphan Black
2013
Anne with an E
2017
Travelers
2016
Sneaky Pete
2015
Reign
2013
Stargate Universe
2009
The Penguin
2024
Quantum Leap
2022
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Jericho
2006
Dead Like Me
2003
Maid
2021
Revolution
2012
The Firm
2012
Impulse
2018
Make It or Break It
2009
The New Look
2024
Station Eleven
2021
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Vanished
2006
Journeyman
2007
Combat Hospital
2011
Crusoe
2008
Just Cause
2002
Beggars and Choosers
1999
Dead Man's Gun
1997
The Net
1998
Due East
2002
The Man Who Lost Himself
2005
Ultra
2006
Summer's End
1999
Happy Place
2020
Acting · 87
Columbo
1971
Hill Street Blues
1981
T. J. Hooker
1982
The Outer Limits
1995
The L Word
2004
The 4400
2004
Amazing Stories
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
The Craft
1996
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
The Land Before Time
1988
B.L. Stryker
1989
Body Double
1984
Tremors II: Aftershocks
1996
The Color of Money
1986
The Amityville Horror
1979
WIOU
1990
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
The Believers
1987
Jessica Novak
1981
Numb
2007
Desert Hearts
1985
That Night
1992
Search and Rescue
1977
United States
1980
Best Defense
1984
In Praise of Older Women
1978
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
Born to Be Wild
1995
Gas
1981
High-Ballin'
1978
The Men's Club
1986
The Keeper
2004
Falling For You
1995
Common Ground
2000
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
2008
Survive The Night
1993
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
Zebrahead
1992
The Osterman Weekend
1983
Starship Invasions
1977
We All Fall Down
1999
Morning Glory
1993
Without Consent
1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
The Sweetest Gift
1998
Murder So Sweet
1993
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003
Countdown to Looking Glass
1984
Outrageous!
1977
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
1989
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
Ride with the Wind
1994
Walking After Midnight
1988
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
Between Two Brothers
1982
Shoot
1976
Rowing Through
1996
Pair of Aces
1990
The Park Is Mine
1986
Tree of Hands
1989
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
Many Happy Returns
1986
Fatal Memories
1992
Birthday Cake
2013
Down River
2013
Calling the Shots
1988
Open Season
1995
The Risen
2003
Bear with Me
2000
The Wishing Tree
1999
Harry Tracy, Desperado
1982
Coming Out Alive
1980
Women in Love: Desert Hearts
2017
The Naked Man
1976
Trial and Error
1993
Trial & Error
1993
Lost!
1986
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
Souls of Totality
2018
No Blame
1988
The War Boy
1985
The Supreme Kid
1976
Off Your Rocker
1982
The Overlanders
1974
Egg Salad
1996