Ervin Chartrand is a Canadian and Pine Creek First Nation director, writer and producer.[1] He is best known for directing the films 504938C (2005) and First Stories: Patrick Ross (2006).[1]
Ervin Chartrand | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Pine Creek First Nation, Canadian |
| Education | University of Winnipeg (Bachelor of Arts, 2017) |
| Notable work | 504938C (2005) First Stories: Patrick Ross (2006) |
| Awards | 2005 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival - New Talent Award, 2006 Yorkton Film Festival, Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal, 2006 ReelWorld Film Festival, ReelWorld Award - Outstanding Canadian Short Film |
Personal life
editErvin Chartrand is a Métis/Ojibwe[2] from Pine Creek First Nation[3] Camperville, Manitoba, Canada.[1]
Chartrand earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies[1] from the University of Winnipeg in 2017.[4]
Career
editChartrand first began his career in film in 2003, after enrolling in Winnipeg's Aboriginal Broadcast Training Initiative,[5] sponsored by the Manitoba Indian Cultural Education Centre.[1] He worked as a camera assistant on the APTN TV series The Sharing Circle and the Canadian TV series Tipi Tales as a puppet wrangler.[1][5] Chartrand studied acting with the Academy of Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg.[1]
In 2005, Chartrand received the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Best New Talent award for the film 504938C (2005).[1] 50938C was created with the support of the Winnipeg Film Group's First Film program.[6] In 2006, he won the Reelworld Film Festival, Reel World Award for Outstanding Canadian Short Film for Patrick Ross (2006).[7] He was invited to direct this short film by the National Film Board of Canada for the movie series First Stories, the Manitoba (Volume I).[8] Patrick Ross also won the 2006 Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal.[8] If this Was Right (2008), a film with rap artist and CBC host Wab Kinew and directed by Chartrand, was nominated for the 2008 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award, Best Music Video.[1] Chartrand was the winner of the Canwest Mentorship Program at the 2010 imagineNATIVE film + Media Arts Festival.[9] In 2017, Other Side of The 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story was nominated for the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Documentary History & Biography.[10]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 504938C | Director/Producer/Writer | Winnipeg Film Group's First Film program short film | [11] |
| 2006 | First Stories - Patrick Ross | Director/Writer | NFB Prairie Centre: First Stories a competitive documentary production program. | [12] |
| 2007 | Sister | Director | APTN’s Short Cuts program | [11][13] |
| 2008 | If this Was Right | Director | Music video with rap artist and CBC host Wab Kinew | [14] |
| 2011 | Life From 95 | Director/Writer/Producer | Short film | [11] |
| 2012 | Fight | Director/Writer | NFB Short film | [15][12] |
| 2014 | Lifer | Director/Writer | Short film | [1] |
| 2014 | Trafficking | Director/Writer | Short film | [1][16] |
| 2015 | Illusion Delusion | Director/Writer | Short film | [16] |
| 2016 | Other Side of 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story | Director/Writer | TV movie | [10][17] |
Further reading
edit- Friesen (2016) "Tackling the Gangs 1998-2000" in The Ballad of Danny6 Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw. Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Pg. 133.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "About Ervin Chartrand". National Screen Institute. 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Fortney, Valerie (19 March 2017). "Former gang member says growing trend a wakeup call for all". Winnipeg Sun. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Fortney, Valerie (16 Mar 2017). "Education best tool to fight gangs: ex-member". Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Calgary Herald. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SPRING 2017 CONVOCATION" (PDF). University of Winnipeg. p. 15. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b "The Sixth Annual REELWORLD Film Festival" (PDF). ReelWorld. Toronto, Ontario. 2006. p. 94. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Crowe, Kathleen Buddle (2006). "Bullets for B-Roll: Shooting Native Films and Street Gangs in Western Canadian Cities (From Big House to Home)". University of Manitoba. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Buddle, Kathleen (2011). "Urban Aboriginal Gangs and Street Sociality in the Canadian West". In Howard, Heather A.; Proulx, Craig (eds.). Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-55458-260-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b "Our Collection: First Stories - Patrick Ross". National Film Board of Canada. 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Award Winners: 2010 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival". Media Indigena: interactive indigenous insight. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b "2017 Winners & Nominees". Yorkton Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Indigenous Filmmakers Distribution Catalogue" (PDF). Winniped Film Group. 2014. p. 12. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ervin Chartrand". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Knopf (2008). "Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence against Aboriginal Women as Represented in Canadian Films". In Knopf, Kerstin (ed.). Aboriginal Canada Revisited. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: University of Ottawa Press. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-7766-0679-8.
- ^ "Wab Kinew releases music video". Indigenous Music. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Our Collection: Fight". National Film Board of Canada. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ervin Chartrand Bio". IMDB. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Other Side of the 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story". CBC News. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2020.