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Post Mortem: Min Sook Lee's Tiger Spirit
Min Sook Lee takes you through an intensive post-mortem of what it took to make the Gemini award winning film, Tiger Spirit. Over three evenings Min Sook introduces you to the key players behind the scenes. Producer, Ed Barreveld on budgets, development and financing; Steve Gamester (E1) formerly with History Television on the role of the broadcaster; Producer Anita Lee on the NFB's role in making features possible; Cinematographer John Minh Tran who has worked with Min Sook on other projects and Editor Ricardo Acosta on crafting a story arc. This is an unprecedented look at the blood, sweat and fears behind the filmmaking process.
This course is recommended for those who are developing or entering production. Warning - homework is involved.
Instructor:
Min Sook Lee, Producer/Director. Min Sook is an award winning filmmaker. She is the co-creator of the hit comedy series She's The Mayor, which premiered on Vision TV in 2011. Min Sook’s films have been broadcast nationally and have traveled to festivals across the world. Min Sook is currently in production on the documentary Operation Greenup about an OSS mission comprised of Jewish spies who went behind enemy lines during WWII which will premiere on History Television in 2012.
Ed Barreveld, Producer. Barreveld has been making films since 1986 when he first joined Canada’s Oscar-winning National Film Board’s Ontario Studio. He has been an independent filmmaker since 1996, producing mostly auteur-driven documentaries for domestic and international broadcasters. Barreveld is the founder and CEO of Storyline Entertainment Inc. Recently, Ed's latest documentary The Real M*A*S*H aired on History Television in 2010 and The Market premiered at IDFA 2010. www.storylineentertainment.com
John Minh Tran, Cinematographer of "Toxic Baby" (directed by Min Sook Lee). John Minh Tran is an award winning Cinematographer. Born in Vietnam and raised in Calgary, John moved to Toronto to attended Ryerson University for film studies. Since graduating in 1995 he has remained in Toronto working as a cinematographer in both documentary and drama. A recent winner of the Canadian Society of Cinematographer’s (CSC) Best Documentary Cinematography award for Waterlife (Primitive) – directed by Kevin McMahon, he has also received a Gemini nomination for Cheating Death (NFB) – directed by Eric Geringas, and a CSC Best Documentary Cinematography nomination and Yorkton Golden Sheaf nomination for Mozartballs (Rhombus) – directed by Larry Weinstein.
Ricardo Acosta, Editor. For the past fifteen years Ricardo has edited both documentary and dramatic films, which have been shown around the world. Ricardo was a fellow at the Sundance Institute for the Documentary Film Editing and Story Laboratory in 2006. His outstanding work has contributed to the making of several award-winning films, including The Take and Spirits of Havana.
Steve Gamester, Broadcaster. Steve has worked in television production and broadcasting for over ten years as a researcher, writer, director, associate producer, head of development, acquisitions manager and production executive. As Production Executive of Original Programming at History Television he oversaw more than 400 hours of original programming including feature docs, drama docs, factual series, hosted and lifestyle programming. Steve is currently Director of Factual Development for E1 Entertainment.
Anita Lee, Producer. Since joining the National Film Board of Canada as a producer in 2005, Anita Lee has produced a slate of award-winning films including FLicKeR, The Body Builder and I and Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth. Lee is lead producer of interactive projects at the NFB. Lee is currently in production on The Darkroom, a film by Sarah Polley.
