If you’re interested in ways a filmmaker’s career can advance, this is an episode you won’t want to miss! Listen up as multiple award-winning Vancouver writer/director Connor Gaston shares the roots of his fascination with reincarnation, the value of graduating from programs like the Canadian Film Centre and the TIFF Talent Lab, and what ultimately got him meetings in Hollywood that landed him an LA manager.
Connor’s films have screened in prestigious festivals around the world including TIFF, Busan, Sapporo, Sedona, Newport Beach, Whistler, and Vancouver Film Festival—along the way winning multiple Leos and other awards including a Grand Prix in Paris’s Courts Devant short film festival. He won the BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at Vancouver International Film Festival, graduated from Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre, and was a member of the 2017 TIFF Talent Lab. He currently teaches at the Vancouver Film School.
Mentioned in this episode:
Watch The Cameraman on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/323984793
Other films:
Watch Encore on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/601186469
Watch Adam in the Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqMx4zJwDu0
More about Connor:
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4497477/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-gaston-94560068/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connorgaston/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connor.gaston
X: https://twitter.com/connorgaston
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· Technical Director: Paul Ruta
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· Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline
· Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta