Awards
Wim Wenders Berlinale 07
RESIDENCIES
2007 Klaustrid at Skriduklaustur Iceland, The Hidden People
2007 Can Serrat, Spain, stipend
2006 Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin Germany
Script Clinic, Berlinale Talent Campus, The Hidden People
Medienboard Angel Day, producer mentor Maria Kopf
2005 Canadian Film Centre, Film Resident Screenwriter’s Lab
2000 BC Festival Of The Arts, delegate, mentor Don McKellar
Sundance Nibbles
AWARDS
2007 Houston International Film Festival, Platinum Remi: Face Machine
2007 Houston International Film Festival, Bronze Remi: Empty Room
2006 MostraMundo Brazil Moving Images Festival, Best Video: Business As Usual
2006 Corta! Short Film Festival, New Video Award: Business As Usual
2006 Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Best Short: InConvenience
2006 Leo Award, Nominated Screenwriting Short Drama: InConvenience
2005 Northwest Film and Video Festival, Honorable Mention: InConvenience
Slamdance Awards L.A.
COMPETITIONS
2007 Praxis Fellowship: Struck, mentor Matthew Robbins
2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist: Struck
2006 Slamdance Feature Screenplay Top Ten Winner: Struck
2006 Slamdance Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist: The Hidden People
RESEARCH/PRODUCTION GRANTS
2007 Harold Greenberg Fund
2006 Harold Greenberg Fund
2006 Corus Entertainment Family Fund
2005 BC Council for the Arts: Dirty Knees
2005 BC Council for the Arts: InConvenience
2005 Directors’ Guild of Canada KickStart Grant: Say Yes
DP Chris Soos Late Night in Iceland
SCHOLARSHIPS
2005 British Columbia Film: Canadian Film Centre
2005 British Columbia Council for the Arts: Canadian Film Centre
2005 I.A.T.S.E 891: Canadian Film Centre
Paris Chestnuts
DEGREES
Paris Sorbonne/ Concordia University, BA, Broadcast Journalism
John Abbott College DEC, Creative Arts
SEMINARS GIVEN
2008 Worldwide Short Film Festival, Symposium, Short Episodic
2006 Canadian Film Centre, Intro to Screenwriting Program
2006 Toronto Film Festival Student Consortium, Creative Process
2005 Ryerson University Screenwriting Program, mentor outreach
