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Highlights
• Thirty years in management, design & construction for theatre,
exhibits and film
• Strong management, supervisory and interpersonal skills
• Design capabilities in sets, set dec, special effects/gadgetry, interactive exhibits & graphics
• Creative, dedicated and versatile
• Highly literate and effective communicator, enthusiastic problem-solver
• Thorough technical knowledge including special fx, construction and other depts. needs
• Can build or fix just about anything, able to effectively drop in to fill nearly any need
** As of 2004, returned to film industry after long single-parenting hiatus
Film Industry
(Worked in industry only occasionally from 1987 to 2004)
Director/Editor
Docs for Access Alberta & CBC in 70s, 3 shorts 94 - 98; 14 concert videos & 3 docs 04-08
Editor three docs 2008.
Director of Photography
Search, ubuntu productions, 2006
Villages Connected teasers, ubuntu productions, 2008 (in development)
Production Design
Eaux Troubles series for Quebec's Canal D with Red Letter films - 4 seasons 2006, 08 - 10
(Art Director) Sam's Lake, feature film, 2004
Boy Soldiers, dramatic short, 2004
Sylvia for Theatre One, Nanaimo, 2002
The Puppetmaster of Lodz, Theatre Inconnue, Victoria, 2001
Encore Moncton, Centennial stage extravaganza with cast of 800, 1991
The SnakeEater, feature film, Carota Films Ltd., 1991
Vendredi Soir & amp; Promenade, Théâtre l'Escaouette, Moncton 88, 89
The Bell Ringers, half-hour period drama, Screen Star Inc. 1990
Madame LaTour, one-hour historical drama, Carota Films Ltd. 1987
Prop Master & Special FX
BBC one-hour drama, Fire Mountain (June - July 05)
Location scout/manager
1994 to present - many locations for feature films, commercials and film commissions ñ
know this coast, and know Vancouver Island locations inside out. Recent projects include
scouting and then location management for Ford Mustang & Eddie Bauer Spring Catalog
07, scouting for Career Builders commercials & several MOWs in Victoria.
Early Career
1982 to 1987 – Owner/Manager/Designer - The Scene Shop, a 6,000 sq.
ft. design and fabrication shop in Edmonton: Set design & production for 50-plus theatre, 20-plus television productions; exhibit planning, design &/or fabrication for numerous museums & nature centres, 88 Olympics, Expo 86
Special effects (79-87)
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Scanners, David Cronenberg
Happy Birthday to Me, Cinepix
Nighthawks, Sylvester Stallone
Latitude 53, John Juliani
Design and fabrication of practical robot for Access TV children's series
Several theatre productions & TV drama |
1973 to 1982 - Full time freelance film production - nearly 100 productions, including:
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81-84 |
Set design and fabrication |
Numerous productions for Access Network, Edmonton |
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1981 |
Art Director (dept head) |
Edmonton Chronicles, six 20-min. docudramas |
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78-82 |
Props (+ some special effects)
"Wizard" (2nd camera + +) |
several feature films and television productions
Inaputiam, Challenge: the Canadian Rockies, industrials |
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1978 |
Art Director (dept head) |
Bush Pilot, National Film Board, Edmonton |
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1975 |
Producer/Director |
several documentaries for Access Network, Edmonton |
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73-74 |
Unit Production Manager |
TV Ontario, several series in English and French, budget responsibility approximately $1,000,000 |
Exhibit Design
From the mid-80s to present, have concentrated on the planning,
design, management and fabrication of interactive educational exhibit centres, signage
programs and galleries from coast to coast and in the US including
award-winning science exhibits and personally inventing the Imagine
Cedar portable display system, manufactured here and distributed world-wide.
Education
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1971 |
Arts and Film Production, University of Waterloo, Ontario (1st year) |
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1973 |
York University Film Program, (3rd year BFA) Toronto |
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1984 |
Technical Drawing, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton |
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1990 |
Certificate in Museum Studies, Association of Museums of New Brunswick
(Education, conservation, collections management, organization, design) |
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1993 |
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Malaspina College, Nanaimo |
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2006 |
Spanish for Travelers, Malaspina University College |
Personal Data
Member of ACFC Local 2020
Health: excellent
Languages: English; français, langue seconde
References
On request because because publishing others' contact info on the web is not a good idea!
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