Producer
A documentary about the story of Kathryn Calder, one of the vocalists behind the Influential and successful indie band The New Pornographers, who puts her life on hold when her mother is diagnosed with ALS. After moving back to her childhood home to care for her mother, she is inspired to record her first solo album, Are You My Mother? there as a gift to her as she fights the disease. Old bandmates, friends, and a new extended family she'd only recently discovered all join Kathryn in her and her mother's journey. Initially funded by the Canadian charity The Yellow Bird Project, donations raised through a successful Kickstarter campaign helped to complete the film and travel the festival circuit. It was released digitally via iTunes in April, 2017.
Director
A documentary about the story of Kathryn Calder, one of the vocalists behind the Influential and successful indie band The New Pornographers, who puts her life on hold when her mother is diagnosed with ALS. After moving back to her childhood home to care for her mother, she is inspired to record her first solo album, Are You My Mother? there as a gift to her as she fights the disease. Old bandmates, friends, and a new extended family she'd only recently discovered all join Kathryn in her and her mother's journey. Initially funded by the Canadian charity The Yellow Bird Project, donations raised through a successful Kickstarter campaign helped to complete the film and travel the festival circuit. It was released digitally via iTunes in April, 2017.
Original Music Composer
From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red carpet event of the year. Filmmaker Richard Schickel's fascinating documentary captures the glitz and glamour of the festival's incredible 60-year run with archival footage and unforgettable moments. Hollywood's biggest names including Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein talk about the politics, madness, and thrills of competing for one of the industry's highest honors - the coveted Palme d'Or - and what it's like to be at the most fabulous festival by the sea.
Original Music Composer
Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.
