Producer
I own and operate Eagle Clan Productions. I am a filmmaker that is also a Producer, Director and an Editor.
I am a Native Filmmaker, raised in Europe (through no fault of my own) currently working with the American Indian Film Institute. I worked on many national and international programs in Broadcast and was trained by the BBC. My film, 'Coloring the Media' premiered at BAFTA (London) and at the AIFI's Film Festival in San Francisco. I have a unique story and have a million more to tell. I have just finished my screenplay, 'Ghosts of the Burning Sage' and am also Directing a doc, 'Celluloid Indians' for the American Indian Film Institute.
Director, TV Production Program
Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation
A Writer/Director/Producer residing in Northern New Mexico. President of the IAIA Film Crew in Santa Fe.
I'm a Comanche documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. I co-directed and co-produced "The Creek Runs Red", a one hour film that aired on the PBS series, Independent Lens in 2007. I have also co-produced an episode for the PBS American Experience series, "We Shall Remain", about the siege of Wounded Knee, SD in 1973. Currently, I am in production on a film about Native rights activist, LaDonna Harris. In addition to these projects, I have worked on shows for A&E, Discovery Channel and LTN Los Angeles and worked as a film programmer for AFI FEST and the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Native American blogtalk radio host & producer of NAMAPAHH First People's Radio; freelance journalist for FSRN; freelance photographer & newsprint reporter for La Conner Weekly news; photographer; film maker & producer; past mentor & instructor of multi-media (especially for youth & NWIC tribal college); artist, writer, poet, single mother of two boys, muscian; working for Swinomish Indian Tribal Community almost full time- Life Skills Counselor for Swinomish Housing Authority; activist, environmentalist, interested in going "green" and helping others do the same thing! Busy, busy all the time! All this + three loving dogs & pesky cat to look out for~Loving life though as I am pushing 50 up a hill!
Suzanne Chiasson
Director’s Guild of Canada - Front desRéalisateurs Indépendant du Canada/ FRIC – Association des Artistes Acadiens Professionnels du Nouveau Brunswick AAAPNB
Producer and director
Assistant-Director suchi22@mac.com
Previous experiences
National Film Board: still/photo films
National Film Board: Animation (Pierre Moretti et Normand McLaren) as an artist
Advertising Agency, Cockfield Brown (Expo ’67) Marketing department, Librarian ,
Assistant to producers, Radio & TV department
Advertising Agency, B.C.P. Coordinator, Public Relations
Onyx films, Coordinator of adventising productions , assistant to directors in editing
1976 Olympic Games–Bromont – Construction coordinator to the Engineers.
England : Tv Series, promotion, secretary, MTV/CTV Production house
Freelance
First Assistant director – feature films, short films, video-clip, television series, etc.
Continuity
2nd Assistant director – feature films, etc.
Extra and short roles in films
Directed small sequence in Les lunatiques, Phare-Est,
Making-off Les lunatiques
Social implication
Town councillor – Village of Senneville 1993 - 1998
President 1998 – STCVQ (Films) AQTIS
Member of AQTIS (Films)
Member of Directors Guild of Canada - Halifax
Coordinator two years in a row of Artists for Peace’s national events
Member of Amnisty International
Artist & sculptor
2007 Exhibit at Moncton Airport (July, August and September)
Exhibit at (from 2001 ..on)
2005 Exhibit and at Caraquet Festival of Arts (FAVA)
2004 American Woman Association, Exhibit in Senneville’s houses.
2003 Exhibit in April at the Ile Bizard Library
2002 Exhibit at rue St-Laurent, Montreal (over 135 paintings)
Permanent Exhibit at Quebec parliament bought by Le Musée du Québec.
Founding president and member of Senneville’s Artists Workshop, Quebec
Member of le Carrefour des Artistes de Boucherville
Amateur theatre – Le theatre des Alentours – Tracadie-Sheila
Experience in films and videos
2007–8 DONALD McGRAW AND THE CIRCLE OF CHIEF – Gratitude – a spiritual voyage.
Project on the well-known artist and his twelve paintings of New-Brunswick Native Chiefs.
In Development.
HOW INGENIOUS ! project with Le Cirque du Soleil. In writing phase.
AXEL … child of the lagoon. 30 min. in HDV on a three years-old boy, it’s imaginary and every day lifeon a small island in the South Pacific. French Polynésia. Working copy available
2006-7 Project : Suicidal intervention. Inter-active television. 26 x 30 min..
project : D. McGraw and the Circle of Chief
2006La Famille Basque II – A.-D. 6 x 30 min. comedy – television – Cojak productions
2005/06 Soosooday The emergence of democracy in Cambodia. Research for a documentary. Producer and Director.
2006 La Famille Basque I – A-D, 6 x 30 min. comedy – television – Cojak productions
2004 ARGANE, A.-D. feature film shot enterely on location, Taliouine in Morrocco in Arabic. Directed by
Hassan Rhanja. Produced by Dune films.
2003/04 COMMENT CONQUÉRIR L’AMÉRIQUE EN UNE NUIT? A.-D. Comedy directed by Dany Laferrière. Produced by Boréal films, Daniel Morin et Suzanne Gauthier. Shooting in Montreal & Haïti.
2003 Steve’s Lucky Day, A.-R. Feature film of Vibeke Muasya, Zentropa Real Fiction APS Filmbuyen, Denmark. Shot on location in Mactaquac park in N.B.
Voir un ami pleurer. A-R. Short film of Mariloup Wolfe. Youth suicide prevention.
La Chute , productrice et co-scénariste. Scénarisation d’un synopsis pour un long- métrage. Cojak productions.
LES LARMES DU LAZARET, A-D, Associate Producer, docu-drama, 90 min. director Chris Leblanc
for Cojak productions, Moncton, N.B.
The Witch & the Famous, Associate Producer, A.-D. project of 90 min. Reality TV, Sport
extrême and Rock & Roll. Producteur Tony Roman
2002 Canadian Tire, A-D. 2 x 30 sec. Commercials, director Michel Beaudet for Mag 2
2002 SEARS promotional corporative video. . A-D and Continuity Direct by John Devlin
2002 BILAN A-D Teleplay (70 min.)
directed by Lorraine Pintal for Équipe Spectra
2002 LA ROBE, A-D INIS. Institut National de l’Image et du Son
2002 INIS « Le tableau » et « La Robe »Continuity - Chronometry
2002 DOG , feature film, Chronometry for Transfilm
2002 Sears promotional corporative video. . A-D, Direct by John Devlin,
2002 « Lorie» Music video, A-D, directed by Vincent Aigret, Millagro /France
2001 « Jean-François Breau », A-D, Video-clip for Nù Films directed by Maxime
Giroux.
2001 THE DEAL, A-D, DUNE film productions, Marrakech, Morroco, Breakdown of
Feature project to be directed by Um Keltum Alaoui
2001 Le sourire du parcomètre, Phare-Est/Prod. Tahlie, Moncton, N.B. A.-D, dir. :
Chris Leblanc
McDonald commercial Kiss films, A.-D.,
« Copyright » Nù films, A.-D., Music video
General Mills , Kiss films, A.-D.,
Billy Joël, commercial , Swatt films, A.-D.
« Frederic Lerner »Swatt films, A.-D. Music Video
Lugz Commercial A.-D. for Voodoo Arts and New York
PHASE IV, Feature-film, CONTINUITY directed by Bryan Goeres with Dean Cane shot onlocation in Halifax
2000 « Let it go » Music Video A.-D.. Nù films, Ricky JDirected by Bernard Nadeau
« Rock Machine », Video-clip A.-D.. Nù films, Copyright Directed by Bernard
Nadeau
LA MAISON ROSE, A.-D. breakdown & schedule by Renée Blanchard
for Phare-Est, N.B.
« Young gun killers » Music Vidéo A.-D. Latitude Nord - Nù films and
Directed by Bernard Nadeau
Freesbee Commercial A.-D. (Balsac films & Blue Marlin-France. Directed by
Pierre Jamin
ANNA MALENFANT Documentary-fiction A.-D. (90min.) (Phare-Est, N.B.) Directed by Ginette Pellerin
Rona l’Entrepôt Commercials A.-D. 4 x 30 sec.Cinelande.
Directed by Eric Canuel
1999 CONCORDIA University, A.-D.: Pro blems & solutions of a feature’s schedule..
Guess teacher - ref. Louise Lamarre
Swiffer Commercial A.-D. Vaudou films inc. Directed by Colin Chilver
DECEIT Feature-film CONTINUITYDirected by Max Fisher produced by Pieter
Kroonenburg
Sommet de la Francophonie A.-D Directed by Michel Quidoz, super star, for Dome Pixcom, Assistant to the directors
LES LUNATIQUES, TV series, A.-D. Directed by Chris Leblanc (13 x 30 min.)
+ Directing One sequence – The birth of Lundi -Productions du Phare-Est, N.B. ref. : Gilles Losier, Cécile Chevrier
29 mai 1439.... le matin - short film, CONTINUITY Directed by D. Chiasson avec David LaHaye, S-E. Girard, Chip Ciupla.
1998 THE MAGIC OF MARCIANO – feature-film-CONTINUITYDirected by Tony Barbieri , with Nastasia Kinsky & Robert Forster, Transfilms inc. Inc Halifax
LADIES ROOM CONTINUITYDirected by Gabriella Christiani (Oscar for editing –
last emperor) with John Malkovitch, Molly Parker, Lorraine Bracco, G. Scacchi, N. Workman, Greg Thomey.
L’erreur– Institut National de l’Image et du Son - A.- D short film , Directed
by Johanne Seymour
DOG’S STAR Transfilms Inc. A.-D Breakdown & schedule
1997 GREAT JONES STREET, TAR BABY, Transfilms Inc A.-D breakdown & schedule
THE 2nd ARRIVAL .Sci-Fi film, A-D feature.Additional shooting stunts +the opening and ending of the film
NICO THE UNICORN, CONTINUITYFeature. Directed by Graeme Campbell with Ann Archer, Produced by P. Kroonenburg
Midas, Swatt A.D – commercial
PROVOCATOR D.A. Feature CONTINUITYDirected by Jim Donovan for Taurus 7, Jane Mash, Nick Mancuso
DARK ARBOR , Feature CCONTINUITYDirected by Peter Svatek with Rudgar Hauer et Roy Dupuis
LASERHAWK, CONTINUITYDirected by Jean Pellerin with Marc Hamil Producer Pieter Kroonenburg
CALL OF THE WILD , FeatureCONTINUITY, Directed by Peter Svatek with Rudgar Hauer ESPECTACULO for La Ronde, Directed by Alexandro Escobar Multi-media CONTINUITY
SCI-FIGHTER, Feature CONTINUITYDirected by Peter Svatek
LA VIEILLE FEMMECONTINUITYONF, Directed by G. Blais (1 heure)
Just for Laugh CONTINUITYD irected by Daniel Roussel (1-hour TV)
Corporative Video
1990 Trading and Banking - dir:. Par Gary Plaxton (1 hour)
1992 American Airlines – Introduction to services – (1h30)
1993 Bell Canada – dir. : Claudette Messier (1h00)
Other films.....(2i nd A.-D.)
WITCHBOARD, Directed by Peter Svatek, Continuity
ANGELA, Directed by Boris Segal with Sophia Loren, John Houston & Jean Lapointe and other stars
LES ORDRES, Directed by Michel Brault, with Guy Provost, Jean Lapointe, Claude Gauthier, etc.
PARLEZ-NOUS D’AMOUR ... Directed by J.-C. Lord
Il ÉTAIT UNE FOIS DANS L’EST, Directed by André Brassard
LES FILS DE LA LIBERTÉ .. Directed by Claude. Boissol
ALIEN THUNDER, Directed byClaude Fournier with Donald Sutherland, Gordon Tootoosis, Chief Dan George, Francine Racette, Jean Duceppe, etc.
TOUT FEU, TOUT FEMME Directed by Gilles Richer, Jean Lapointe, Denis Drouin,
Y A PAS DU MAL À SE FAIRE DU BIEN Directed by Claude Mulot with Darry Cowl, Michel Galabru,, Jean Lefebvre, etc.
The list of Commercials : Air Canada, Bell Canada, Molson Dry, Molson Blue, Labatt Bleu, California Wines, Canadian Tires, Home depot, Rona l’Entrepôt, Ludz shoes, etc. etc.
I have worked with directors such as :
Bryan Goeres, Patrick Gazé, Bernard Nadeau, Colin CHILVERS, Chris Leblanc, Ginette Pellerin, Eric Canuel, Christian DUGAY, Kevin Tierney, Andy Morehand, Richard Ciupka, Bernard Borderie, Christian Jacques, Mario Azzopardi, Denis Arcand, Jean Beaudin, Sylvio Narrizan,Jean Pellerin, Tony Barbieri Max Fisher, Gabriella Christiani, Peter Svatek, Boris Segal, Claude Fournier, , Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, Michel Brault, Jean-Claude Lord, Daniel Morin, Vibeke Muyasa, Dany Laferrière, etc.
Actors I have worked with :
JOHN HUSTON, SOPHIA LOREN, COLLEEN DEHURST, BERGESS MEREDITH, DONALD SUTHERLAND, JEAN DUCEPPE, CLAUDE LÉVEILLÉ, GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD, PETER GREEN, MICHEL GALABRU, JEAN-PIERRE LEFEBVRE, DARRY COWL, MICHAEL PARÉ, BILLY DRAGO, RUDGAR HAUER, MEG TILLY, LOU DIAMOND-PHILLIPS, JANE MARCH, STEPHEN MENDEL, NICK MANCUSO, JOHN MALKOVITCH, LORRAINE BRACCO, GRETA SCACCHI, MOLLY PARKER, VERONICA FERRÈS, NASTASSIA KINSKI, ROBERT FORSTER, DEBI MAZAR, Roy DUPUIS, David LAHAYE, MARC LAVOINE. DEAN CANE, MIMI SKUSIK, etc.
Sept. 2008
Chip Comins
The President and CEO of AREDAY- American Renewable Energy Day. Comins is trained as a presenter for The Climate Project by Al Gore and produces AREDAY each year on the third weekend in August in Aspen CO. www.areday.net
He is also the Founder and President of American Spirit Productions a film and television production company dedicated to programming that empowers, informs and highlights solution. www.americanspiritproductions.com
Chip Comins lives in Aspen Colorado since 1979 and enjoys skiing and riding his thoroughbred mare Ayla through the Rocky Mountains.
2008 - "Native Wind"
Offical Selection 2008 Wild and Scenic Film Festival & the 34th annual American Indian Film Festival - a partnership with the Sierra Club & Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP)
2008 - "A Wray of Hope" A Colorado rural community utility scale wind project powers the local school district.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQkVqcg4so
2006 - "Last of the Cowboys"
PBS Broadcast: January, 2008
2005 - "Native Wind Powering America"
PSA - Numerous film festivals including Cannes, Nationally Broadcast on Link TV
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6bZadqkow)
2004 - "Wind Powering Native America"
National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Intertribal COUP
2002 - "Pracitical Visionaries"
Featuring Robert Redford, Amory Lovins, Janine Benyus, John Todd, and others
1999 - "Jazz Colony"
Hosted by Michael Douglas. Broadcast on PBS & BET.
I am an EMMY Award winning radio and television producer. Documentary filmmaker.
I began my journey in 2001 taking a pay cut and working part time for Wisconsin Public Television as a Production Assistant. I was a grunt...but the Engineers and one editor encouraged me to learn how to use the camera, then learn how to edit and you will be a better Producer/Director/Writer/Videographer. 9 years later, 2 regional Emmy nomination and a number of films later, I am working on my best piece to date. Sacred Stick will hopefully be ready for air Fall 2010.
Credits Include:
2010 Sacred Stick - In Progress
2008 Native Nations: Standing Together for Civil Rights
Produced with ELCA - ABC, Hallmark & NBC Air
(Co-Producer, Director, Co-editor and Writer)
2008 Growing a Farm
(Producer, Director, and Editor)
2005-07 The Oneida Speak - 60 Minute Version
Produced with WI Public Television - PBS Air
(Producer, Co-editor, Director, and Writer)
2005 The Oneida Speak - 12 Minute Version
(Producer, Co-editor, Director, and Writer)
2004 The Trouble with Rice Lake
(Producer, Videographer and Editor)
2003 WI Public TV - In Wisconsin - Segment: Rice Lake
(Producer)
2003 Memories of Oneida Elders
(Videographer & Editor)
2001-03 WI Public Televison: Cultural Horizons Children's Show
(Production Assistant)
I would have never made it to this point with out the help of my family and friends....and we can't forget NAPT! Yaw^Ko
I am a member of the Oneida tribe living in S. Cal.. I have been involved in TV production for 25 years.
I'm a former broadcast journalist and producer in radio and televison news and current affairs at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with both regional and national programs, former executive producer and director of news at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, currently a freelance journalist and journalism trainer with both cross-Canada and international (southern Africa and South Asia and S. Pacific experience.
My great grandmother was a full blooded Shawnee. I have a picture of her in her native dress and beads. I have always felt a part of me is still kin to Native Americans and have been sympathetic to Native American causes. Since retiring from school administration and running an AM-FM broadcast interprise, I have taken to writing and music. I have written a book on Biblical History titled "Beyond Genesis", and I found myself so affected by the story of the North Carolina Cherokee ordeal of the 1800's that I felt moved to write a song about the "Trail of Tears" tragedy of the Cherokees. I also write a blog article on Creation and Evolution on the Christian Post online newspaper.
I received the Emma Bowen Fellowship at NAPT and will be interning here as I go through college. I love my job and very much believe/support in what NAPT is doing for Natives in the media. :)
Professionally, I am a web media pro and educational technologist working in K-12 education. Personally, I am husband, dad, and Cherokee.
My professional background is primarily in mainstream television news.
I am a TV news photojournalist and have worked for the FOX and ABC
affiliates in the Salt Lake market. I've also been a Director of Photography
for a couple of Native American documentaries dealing with social, environmental
and cultural issues. Besides News, I worked with the video production team for
the 2002 Winter Olympics as a Graphics producer for the television broadcast of
the Olympic Winter games. Additionally, other work includes media AV production
for Native health promotions with the US PHS Indian Health Service - as videographer and producer short TV commercial messages etc.
I am the producer of Native Radio Theater 2006 - 2008, most recent shows produced for NAPT are: The Bullfrog Lover & Boozhoo and Waste Yahi from Minneapolis!
I hope to produce more shows for NAPT in the future.
I am a professor of Mass Communication at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. I am creator and co-director (with Dr. Miranda Haskie of Diné College) of the Navajo Oral History project, a collaboration between Diné College of The Navajo Nation and Winona State University.
During extended summer field work, Students from both schools work together in teams to interview Navajo elders and create a series of documentaries: 1.) full-length oral history interview, 2.) 7-15 minute Living History feature, 3.) 3-5 minute media piece suitable for viewing on the web.
The first five projects of this collaboration were produced in summer 2009 and have been posted on the WSU Mass Communication web site: Winona360.org. The projects are also archived at the Navajo Nation Museum, Navajo Nation Library, and the libraries of both schools.
In May 2010, four additional Navajo elders were interviewed, and the students are working on completing those projects.
