Bill Thumm
Producer/writer/story consultant Bill Thumm has three decades of production to his credit. As a lighting technician, he worked on a number of early features shot in Vancouver, and as Props Master he enjoyed the growth period into the 90s. He was a successful writer in television before turning to Canadian features. As producer, his 1999 film Rupert's Land was nominated for a Genie and won the Leo Award for best picture.
Dianne Neufeld
From a beginning in television news, Dianne developed expertise in script supervision, production coordination and locations, joining the Directors Guild in the early days of the BC industry. She served as BC Film Commissioner for 12 years, and was instrumental in bringing major film production to the province. She has been given numerous awards for her work on behalf of developing film makers. Dianne is currently the Coordinator of the Motion Picture Arts programs.
Doreen Manuel
Doreen Manuel (Ktunaxa/Secwepemc), graduated from the Aboriginal Film & Television program, currently known as the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program at the Bosa Centre. She has an extensive background working in First Nations education and community development in both rural and urban centres. Doreen comes from a long line of oral historians and factual storytellers from her First Nations traditional background. Currently she is the Canadian Correspondent for KVOS North West Indian News, Assistant Studio Director for a nationally broadcast TV talk show as well as manager of Running Wolf Productions. Doreen is currently the Coordinator of the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program.
Jane Still
Jane Still is both a film Costume Designer and an educator. As Designer she has worked for over 25 years with more than 50 screen credits. In 1997 she was honoured by British Columbia Film with an award for her contribution to building the film industry in BC. She is the creator of the now mandatory Film Industry Orientation Program - a must for all those wishing to enter the biz.
She has been instrumental in the development and training of new costumers with seminars and workshops at the Bosa Centre continuing education department. These successful courses were developed and expanded into the full time Costuming for Stage and Screen Programs at the Capilano University Bosa Centre for Film and Animation.
Currently she is Faculty Chair of the School of Motion Picture Arts at Cap and the Coordinator of the Film Crafts department as well as instructor in the Costuming program.
Ki Wight
Ki has held positions such as producer, production manager, story consultant, and development and business affairs executive on feature films, television series, documentaries, and new media ventures. Ki’s production credits include Co-Producer of the celebrated CTV movie ELIJAH (by executive producer and writer Blake Corbet), Associate Producer of FIDO (by writer/director Andrew Currie) and THE THAW (by writer/director Mark A. Lewis), and Business Affairs Executive of Kari Skogland’s UK/Canada co-production FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (Brightlight Pictures/Future Films). Prior to entering the film and television industry, she worked for several years as a visual artist and non-profit arts administrator. Ki holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University. Ki is currently the Convener of the Digital VFX program and the Grip and Lighting courses.
Michelle Mason
Michelle Mason is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker from Vancouver, and the coordinator of The Documentary Program at the Bosa Centre. Michelle began her career in international
journalism, working with the CBC in London and Washington, D.C., and freelancing in Berlin. She returned to Vancouver to found Cypress Park Productions and make The Friendship Village (2002), a tragic and inspiring documentary about an American veteran's efforts to build a reconciliation project with the Vietnamese General who killed his entire platoon. Michelle next wrote and directed Breaking Ranks, (2006) the story of four American military deserters seeking sanctuary in Canada from the Iraq War. Michelle holds an MA in International journalism (City University, London, 1994) and a BA in Literature from the University of British Columbia (1992).
Danny Nowak CSC
Danny has served as Director of Photography on many TV movies and over
20 feature films, including Tristar’s 'The Big Hit', Neil Simon’s 'The Goodbye Girl' and Bruce McDonald’s 'Hard Core Logo'. Awards for his work include a Gemini (Canada’s Emmy) and top prize from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. A self confessed movie snob, Danny is a patriot of Canadian Cinema, and is devoted to the development of the indigenous and international film art.
Ross Kelsay
Ross has worked as a Director of Photography, Camera Operator and Camera Assistant in a career that has spanned over 20 years. Recently he was Training Administrator at IATSE local 669. His career has spanned over 35 years. He has filmed all over North America in Feature Films, Television, and Sports Programs. He created and worked as the Training Supervisor for IATSE 669 -International Photographers.
Anthea Mallinson
Trained in Europe as a tapestry weaver and dyer, Anthea has been teaching in Capilano University’s Textile Arts Dept. since 1988 and in the Costuming for Stage and Screen Dept since its inception in 2001. She has been working as a key dyer, breakdown artist and textile artist for the film industry union, IATSE 891, since 1997. Her numerous film credits show a wide, diverse and versatile range of creative textiles specialties. Anthea balances her active film career with her love of teaching and learning. She became a Licentiate for the Society of Dyers and Colorists in 2009 and completed her Bachelor’s degree in 2010. Some of her work in film can be seen at the website www.dyedept.com
Charlotte Burke
Charlotte has made her lifetime career designing and constructing costumes. She achieved a BFA and an MFA in Design For The Theatre. For the past 12 years she has worked in the film and television industry as a cutter and has taught costume history and theatre design at several post-secondary institutions in the Lower Mainland.
Jane Still
Jane Still is both a film Costume Designer and an educator. As Designer she has worked for over 25 years with more than 50 screen credits. In 1997 she was honoured by British Columbia Film with an award for her contribution to building the film industry in BC. She is the creator of the now mandatory Film Industry Orientation Program - a must for all those wishing to enter the biz.
She has been instrumental in the development and training of new costumers with seminars and workshops at the Bosa Centre continuing education department. These successful courses were developed and expanded into the full time Costuming for Stage and Screen Programs at the Capilano University Bosa Centre for Film and Animation.
Currently she is Faculty Chair of the School of Motion Picture Arts at Cap and the Coordinator of the Film Crafts department as well as instructor in the Costuming program.
Karen Matthews
Karen Matthews has designed for film, television, theatre, opera and dance for over 28 years. As a film Costume Designer she has designed both features and television projects with over 40 productions to her credit. A graduate from NYU, she worked in New Your City both off and on Broadway. As a fashion stylist she worked with 7th Avenue fashion industry for international clients including German Vogue. She is a senior
member of IATSE 891 Costume department and is delighted to be teaching and inspiring up and coming designers and costumers in the Costuming for Stage and Screen program.
Kim Bothen
Kim has more than 20 years of experience as a costumer in the entertainment industry. She has been involved in a diverse range of organizations, including small theatre and dance companies, schools and amateur organizations, large-scale opera, musical theatre and ballet companies, and film.
Adam Garland
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Angus Wakefield
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Craig Simmons
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Erica Henderson
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Nicholas Boughen
Nicholas has spent the last 30 years in the entertainment industry, the first half as a scenic and lighting designer for live theatre and the last half as a digital visual effects artist and supervisor in film and broadcast. As a guest lecturer and instructor, Nicholas continues to travel to such destinations as Orlando, Mexico City and Los Angeles as one of the world's foremost experts on CG Lighting and Shading.
As an author, Nicholas has published four volumes instructing in the use of CG lighting and shading tools, as well as numerous magazine articles and video training tutorials. He is committed to excellence both in production and classroom.
Nicholas is also a private pilot and builder of experimental aircraft.
Jack Silberman
Jack Silberman studied documentary filmmaking at M.I.T. and has a master's degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. He has made documentary films for Canadian broadcasters, the National Film Board of Canada, PBS, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and others. His films have won more than 60 national and international awards.
Michelle Mason
Michelle Mason is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker from Vancouver, and the coordinator of The Documentary Program at the Bosa Centre. Michelle began her career in international
journalism, working with the CBC in London and Washington, D.C., and freelancing in Berlin. She returned to Vancouver to found Cypress Park Productions and make The Friendship Village (2002), a tragic and inspiring documentary about an American veteran's efforts to build a reconciliation project with the Vietnamese General who killed his entire platoon. Michelle next wrote and directed Breaking Ranks, (2006) the story of four American military deserters seeking sanctuary in Canada from the Iraq War. Michelle holds an MA in International journalism (City University, London, 1994) and a BA in Literature from the University of British Columbia (1992).
Scott Aitken
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Warren Demsys
Warren’s love for the recorded image began at the age of 10 when he would experiment with alternate edits of his favourite programs using two vhs machines and crash record. The abuse of many cameras and vhs machines would follow over the next decade. A degree in Film Production from The University of Regina along with stints working with The BBC, Rainmaker, and Command Post-Toybox eventually led him to the world of education in 2002. He’s shot/edited a variety of different films from corporate to documentary to music video to commercial work. Warren has Apple Certification in Final Cut Pro and he also enjoys writing and percussive music, which he studied at St. Francis Xavier University.
Jodi Mackenzie
No, my name is not Carrot-Top, Red, or Anne of Green Gables, although I was born and raised on Prince Edward Island. My name is Jodi, although you may have heard me referred to as "Jiggs" around the office . I can't seem to convince Bill that I never did much 'squid-jigging' back home. After graduating from UPEI and with zero job prospects I decided to head "out west" to the smallest big city I could find. I have fallen in love with Vancouver, and the laid back, open-minded, attitudes; fabulous live music venues; amazing international food options, and of course the mountains, rivers, and forests that are so easily accessible. I also love my job. Sally, Bill and the students and faculty make Capilano University Film Centre a fun filled place to come to work everyday!
Sally St.Quintin
Sally has been the receptionist at the Capilano Film Centre for over ten years, and enjoys working with the friendly faculty members and super students. Off campus, she likes walking in the North Shore forests, and exploring further afield in the family camper.
Chris Curran-Dorsano
Chris has worked in educational support for film schools since graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts Department in 2006. His degree covers film and television history, theory, and criticism, with a concentration in 16mm film production. Chris is currently one of three studio technicians employed by the School of Motion Picture Arts, who support the curriculum's equipment and classroom needs. His various duties include receiving equipment reservations, assembling equipment packages, checking equipment in and out, maintaining the inventory, and acting as the first point of inquiry for equipment related questions.
In addition to his full time educational support staff career, Chris has worked on four independent feature films as boom operator, and regularly produces his own short films, videos, and photography.
Ian Gustafson
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Julian Bruce
Julian graduated from the Bosa Centre's cinematography program in 2005, and was hired as a studio technician shortly afterward. He has worked as a cinematographer camera operator and camera assistant on numerous local productions, ranging from features and shorts to commercials and music videos.
Tim Laks
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Al Uglanica
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Barry Reid
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Ki Wight
Ki has held positions such as producer, production manager, story consultant, and development and business affairs executive on feature films, television series, documentaries, and new media ventures. Ki’s production credits include Co-Producer of the celebrated CTV movie ELIJAH (by executive producer and writer Blake Corbet), Associate Producer of FIDO (by writer/director Andrew Currie) and THE THAW (by writer/director Mark A. Lewis), and Business Affairs Executive of Kari Skogland’s UK/Canada co-production FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (Brightlight Pictures/Future Films). Prior to entering the film and television industry, she worked for several years as a visual artist and non-profit arts administrator. Ki holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University. Ki is currently the Convener of the Digital VFX program and the Grip and Lighting courses.
Doreen Manuel
Doreen Manuel (Ktunaxa/Secwepemc), graduated from the Aboriginal Film & Television program, currently known as the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program at the Bosa Centre. She has an extensive background working in First Nations education and community development in both rural and urban centres. Doreen comes from a long line of oral historians and factual storytellers from her First Nations traditional background. Currently she is the Canadian Correspondent for KVOS North West Indian News, Assistant Studio Director for a nationally broadcast TV talk show as well as manager of Running Wolf Productions. Doreen is currently the Coordinator of the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program.
Dwayne Beaver
Dwayne Beaver is a versatile Writer/Producer/Director whose feature film drama ‘The Rhino Brothers’ garnered numerous awards and full star reviews. His work spans comedy, drama, documentary and animation. His dramatic experience includes CTV's ‘Robson Arms’, ‘Alice, I Think’ and APTN’s ‘Moccasin Flats’. He is currently producing and directing a contemporary warrior themed web series for the CBC entitled ‘ComaSTATE’ and a dramatic pilot for APTN working titled, ‘Dry Meat’. His animation experience includes Mainframe’s ‘War Planets’ the BBC's ‘The Mr. Hell Show’ along with numerous shorts including 'Thorax The Conqueror' while his lifestyle works includes ‘Conviction Kitchen’, ‘Glutton For Punishment’ and ‘Road Hockey Rumble’ for which he won the Leo as best director of a comedy, musical or variety series. Dwayne is from the Nova Scotia Micmac nation.
Dwayne Beaver, Writer/Producer/Director. Dwayne’s dramatic experience includes The Rhino Brothers, CTV's ‘Robson Arms’, ‘Alice, I Think’ and APTN’s ‘Moccasin Flats’, CBC web series entitled ‘ComaSTATE’ and a dramatic pilot for APTN (working titled), ‘Dry Meat’. His animation experience includes Mainframe’s ‘War Planets’ the BBC's ‘The Mr. Hell Show’ along with numerous shorts including 'Thorax The Conqueror' while his lifestyle works includes ‘Conviction Kitchen’, ‘Glutton For Punishment’ and ‘Road Hockey Rumble’ for which he won the Leo as best director of a comedy, musical or variety series. Dwayne is from the Nova Scotia Micmac nation.
Greg Coyes
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Pieter Romer
(Nisga'a nation) graduated from Capilano College's Motion Picture Program in North Vancouver. He has worked as a fulltime Producer on the trailblazing CTV aboriginal current affairs series First Story. Over the past 11 seasons he has produced over 40 half hour episodes focusing on First Nations art, culture and politics. In 2009 he won both the National and Regional RTNDA Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Awards for his investigative story into black bear trophy hunting called Taan: Bears of Haida Gwaii. Pieter was promoted to Senior Producer position for First Story’s 12th season where his team both won the National and Regional RTNDA Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Awards for a story on First Nations resistance to the Olympics. He continued on as senior producer for First Story’s 13th season winning an RTNDA award for Grieving mother sculpture and Black Blood; where his team exposed oil spills in northern British Columbia that had not been cleaned up for 8 years.
Tamara Bell
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Tanya Gagnon
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Cam Williams
Cameron has accumulated producer, post, and camera credentials over the last 30 years while employed in the commercial, cable, music, and educational fields. He currently instructs post-production and editing techniques for the Motion Picture Production Program along with supervising computer applications and hardware areas related to that program. His passion evolves around research and production of independent digital projects. He is devoted to motivating his students to learn the language of the moving image and the craft of the editor.
Charles Wilkinson
Charles Wilkinson is a film and television director, author and educator. He has written and directed numerous dramatic feature films, television movies, episodes, and documentaries for theatrical and network release for ABC, CBC, CBX, CTV, MTV, Disney, Alliance, Republic, Lifetime, etc. His most recent feature movie, The Heart of The Storm starring Tom Cavanaugh (Ed) premiered at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival and aired on the Lifetime network. His book, The Working Director (MWP Press, Los Angeles) is available on line and in film friendly bookstores. Charles continues to develop and produce film and TV.
Claire Queree
Claire is an independent producer, writer and educator who began her professional life as a lawyer, receiving her Doctor of Jurisprudence from UBC. Claire later attended the Norman Jewison’s esteemed Canadian Film Centre as a Producer Resident and was trained as a Story Editor through the Praxis Screenwriting Centre. She has produced two features and six short films, all of which have screened and been distributed internationally, and she won a national scriptwriting competition for one of her comedy shorts. Claire has also worked with numerous Vancouver companies in both production and business capacities and continues to consult to local industry as well as develop her own creative projects.
Dave Gordon
Dave has experience ranging from grip to executive producer and most of the jobs in between. He has been an instructor at the Bosa Centre since 1996, and maintains an active role in the local film and television industry. Dave spent seven years on the executive board of IATSE Local 891.
David Brisbin
David Brisbin has productoion designed over 20 feature films ranging from independents like Drugstore Cowboy', My Own Private Idaho' and In the Cut' to popular tent-pole' fare including The Twilight Saga New Moon'. The Day the Earth Stood Still' and The Exorcism of Emily Rose'. He has made several documentaries including the feature Nice Hat, 5 Enigmas in the Life of Cambodia', and is currently developing a new media project called, Incarcerated Light'. He previously taught production design at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.
Brisbin trained initially in architecture (BFA, Rice University) and interned in Philadelphia office of noted American architects, Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown. Brisbin studied filmmaking (MFA, California Institute of the Arts) under the late movie director, Alexander Mackendrick. He did a residency in new media at the Canadian Film Centre. As winner of the Henry Luce Foundation Scholars Grant, he worked as a T.V. news reporter in Manila where he covered the fall of the Marcos regime.
David Hauka
David Hauka received his MFA in Film and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 2008. From 2006 through 2008, he was the Head of Department for the Film Program at the Vancouver Film School. Films as director include "Certainty" (2009), "Dream" (2003) and "Impolite" (1992) as well as numerous music videos for artists such as Sarah Mclachlan, Lava Hay, Moev and Hilt. Hauka has worked as a director, producer and production manager for Universal, Miramax, MGM, Disney, CBS, ABC, NBC and the CBC. He was Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning feature film "Whale Music," the first film to open both the Toronto and Vancouver International Film Festivals.
James Wallace, CSC, MFA
James has worked as a camera operator on numerous Hollywood blockbusters, TV series and commercials, and as a cinematographer on TV series and independent Canadian features, while documentaries have taken him everywhere from the Downtown Eastside to a helicopter over the Great Wall of China. He has co produced two feature films, numerous shorts, and more recently, he wrote, directed, photographed and edited his second award-winning short film. James joined the IATSE camera guild in 1984, and is a full member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.
Ki Wight
Ki has held positions such as producer, production manager, story consultant, and development and business affairs executive on feature films, television series, documentaries, and new media ventures. Ki’s production credits include Co-Producer of the celebrated CTV movie ELIJAH (by executive producer and writer Blake Corbet), Associate Producer of FIDO (by writer/director Andrew Currie) and THE THAW (by writer/director Mark A. Lewis), and Business Affairs Executive of Kari Skogland’s UK/Canada co-production FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (Brightlight Pictures/Future Films). Prior to entering the film and television industry, she worked for several years as a visual artist and non-profit arts administrator. Ki holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University. Ki is currently the Convener of the Digital VFX program and the Grip and Lighting courses.
Michael Thoma
Michael has worked in Vancouver and Los Angeles as a writer, story editor, author and educator. His produced screenplays include Primal Force (UPN-Paramount), The Set-Up (MGM-Showtime), and The Wrong Man (Viacom Pictures), which was an Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also written extensively for one-hour television, such as First Wave and Total Recall:2070, as well as children’s television, notably with Maurice Sendak on Little Bear, George and Martha, and Seven Little Monsters. He has one published novel, Gibsons Landing. Michael is presently developing a number of projects, as well as continuing his academic pursuits.
Murray Stiller
Murray is an accomplished picture editor, sound designer, composer/music teacher. He was one of four editing residents chosen to attend advanced studies at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre. A member of IATSE 891, Murray brings a thorough knowledge of both features and television production.
Nick Kendall
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Seanna McPherson
Seanna McPherson has worked as a producer, director, and assistant director in film and television. Documentary producer credits include award-winning “Shaking the Tree” and “Talk To Me.” Seanna co-produced and co-wrote the critically acclaimed short film “Sabor a Mi”, winner of The Jury’s Award at the Northwest Film and Video Festival and The Public Award at The Film De Femme in Creteil, France, and subsequently attended the Canadian Film Centre as a Producer. Seanna has been an active member of the local film community and has served on the boards of Out on Screen, Women in Film and Video Vancouver , and the Vancouver Short Film Festival. Seanna completed her MA in Art Education at Simon Fraser University, her thesis project was A Philosophy of Film Education: Creativity, Liberation and Authenticity in the Knowledge Culture. Seanna led the development of the Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts degree at the Bosa Centre, and has presented academic papers at the European Network for Cinema Studies, in Lund Sweeden, and Crossing Boundaries in Regina Saskatchewan. Seanna received the Bosa Centre Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010.
Ty Haller
Ty began professional film work as an MGM contract actor in 1967 and spent the next 21 years working as an actor/screenwrite /assistant director - in Canada, the U.S. and
England.
He began teaching in 1988 as screenwriting instructor in the part time program at the Vancouver Film School, then created and taught a course for Assistant Directors. He became VFS Program Director in 1989 and created the 32 week Foundation Film Program which was the school's core program until 1996. While there, he mentored over three hundred short student films.
Ty resigned as Program Director in 1995 to pursue personal film projects, the first of which - “A Justice of Eagles" - was bought by the Discovery Channel. He currently teaches the British Columbia Institute of Film Professionals' Film Industry Orientation Course at The University of British Columbia, B.C.I.T., John Casablancas and The Blanche MacDonald Centre – and since 2006 has been an instructor and set supervisor in the Capilano University film program.
He's a member of the Writers Guild of Canada, The Writers Guild of America West, the Directors Guild of Canada, and a slew of film and stage performer unions.
Warren Demsys
Warren’s love for the recorded image began at the age of 10 when he would experiment with alternate edits of his favourite programs using two vhs machines and crash record. The abuse of many cameras and vhs machines would follow over the next decade. A degree in Film Production from The University of Regina along with stints working with The BBC, Rainmaker, and Command Post-Toybox eventually led him to the world of education in 2002. He’s shot/edited a variety of different films from corporate to documentary to music video to commercial work. Warren has Apple Certification in Final Cut Pro and he also enjoys writing and percussive music, which he studied at St. Francis Xavier University.
