Student Success
Here is what some of our recent graduates and students are up to.
Chris Bevacqua, Doc U Scholarship Program
Andres Salas, Kickstart Series Bursary Program
Greg Masuda, Toronto Documentary Forum
Congratulations to the above Langara Documentary Program alumni-recipients of the 2010 Hot Docs Astral Media Emerging Documentary Filmmaker's Scholarship Program.
Kelvin Eisses
This Langara Documentary Program alumni/filmmaker continues his jouney across North and South America. Screen video clips of the adventure in progress: www.ratheroddjourney.ca
Sonal Bakshi, Laurie Kindiak, Greg Musada, Toshomi Ono, and Saira Rahman's films all chosen for inclusion in the Women in Film Short Film Festival Apr 17 & 18, 2010.
Sonal Bakshi, "Those Ten Minutes" (short drama)
Laurie Kindiak, "Pigeon Park Savings" (short documentary)
Greg Musada, "Surviving in the Cracks" (short documentary)
Toshomi Ono, "When I Grow Up" (short documentary)
Saira Rahman, "Grad Day" (short drama)
Robert Fullerton
won the prestigious Fall 2009 Praxis Screenwriting Feature Film competition for The Boy with One Ear.
Julie Tanas
has been working as a Lamp Operator on numerous films including DGC Kickstart short: L'Oiseau Mort, ACFC Feature: Butterfly on a Wheel and the Independent Feature film Stranger Game.
Cameron Gardner
is working in the Locations Dept on the Film Addicted, and the TV shows Battlestar Galactica and To love and die in LA.
Rob Taylor
Rob Taylor has become Director of Fund Development and Marketing for Osiris Films working on a Documentary Feature "The Star People Prophecy" starring Peter Coyote, Canadian Gordon Tootoosis and Wallace Black Elk. He will also be working as AD on set.
Richard Olak
Winner of numerous Canada wide awards for best student film “It Haunts Me” Writing a Feature Film for a New York Based Production Company now in development. He just finished Lot 429 a documentary Film..
Scott Estes
Editor and occasional Camera Operator on VIVA for Channel M, Asst Editor on " America: The Insular Empire". Horse Opera Productions. Asst Editor for another documentary, as yet untitled, Rave Films.
Brandon Brockman
Camera and Editor for Bumps and Stumps Production Company
Rachel Schmidt
has set up her own Production Company and is making a film for The National Film Board amongst her other prolific international projects. www.girledgefilms.com
Guy Judge
Received Crazy 8 award “ All In “. To be aired in Jan 2006 on City TV. Script in development with City TV. PA on a variety of Commercials.
Caesar Rodrigeuz
Began as Assistant Editor on “The Creative Native” for ATVP Television and is now Post Production Editor for Elite Fighting Federation TV.
Anna Russell
“Inside the Tango“ Documentary Film screened at Cinetango International Film Festival. Toronto. She has recently completed a documentary film for the BC Labour Movement.
Rick Wong
Internship with Shaw TV’s Production Crew Training Unit.
Bob Rogers
Has finished working on X-men 3 and Rogue feature films and is now working on Fantastic Four 2as a PA. He is on the DGC permitee program.
Rhys Lloyd
is working for Brightlight Pictures in the Post Production department and as a Post Production PA Editor on Bloodrayne 2.
Bongani Ngugama
received an Internship with The National Film Board and is currently running her own Editing Company.
Aaron Cumming
is an Asst Editor for Paperny Films. “It's a pretty great place to work so far” he says.
Natalie Indra
Editor at Masterworks.
Scott Eastlick
Writer. A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (2008) (TV) Teleplay. Currently in Post production.
Clayton Goodfellow
is a Segment producer on Get Connected at Blink Media.
Luis Alamazan
is Assistant Editor at Rugged films
Suresh Patel
"High Ball" film screened at the 2nd annual Filmmaker's Showcase. Vancouver.
Walter Ricarte
"A Table for One" film screened at the 2nd annual Filmmaker's Showcase. Vancouver.