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Curriculum Vitae
I wrote and edited for the DVD Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony, a project for the documentary wing of Amérimage Spectra, released worldwide with the DVD set of the Lord of the Rings movie adaptation.
At Spectra I developed material for the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the CBC, Bravo TV, and the Cirque du Soleil, among others.
Scriptwriting: Scripts and Narration (and pre-research) for 7 episodes of the hour-long science documentary show What's That About? (Discovery Channel).
Wrote SEO-optimised introductory text for nearly 200 episodes of the online edition of science doc How It's Made.
Freelance project proposal and development writing (original, and translation into English from French) for Montreal production houses.
Wrote literary and fine arts criticism, profiles for publications including Books in Canada, La revue Espace, The Montreal Review of Books, Place Publique, and Canadian Art.
Collaborated as a lyricist with the Music Theatre Studio Ensemble at the Banff Centre under the direction of Michael Bawtree.
I've conducted workshops in Comics Creation in schools in Montreal (Open City Productions, Grades 4-6 in English) and Bangkok, Thailand (guest of Alliance Français, under auspices of the Canadian Embassy). In Bangkok, I assembled and directed the installation of an exhibition Ink on the Edge, 15 Montreal Comics Artists.
Bachelor of Humanities (English Lit and Drama, 1985), University of Calgary.
Entertainment writer (freelance) for The Calgary Sun and The Montreal Gazette.
Graduate of writers' workshop (fiction), Banff Centre for the Arts (Frelyn Scholarship).
Chief art critic at the Montreal Mirror (alternative weekly). News writer for HOUR Weekly.
Illustration Media: Pen and ink, pencil, watercolours, & digital for screen (film/TV) and print.
Cartoon columnist "Ruttan" for Books in Canada, a national magazine.
Storyboards and graphic design for short film The Race of Life (2011).
Editorial illustrations for McGill University Alumni and Communications departments, News Extra (a supermarket tabloid), and many others.
Logos for The Coracle Press and The In-Definite Arts Society. Cartoon characters created for Desjardins Bank and others. Graphic and web design for authors and businesses.
Experienced with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Wordpress, and HTML/CSS. Social media: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr.
Other experience: 5 years in Communications Media at the University of Calgary, including the Film Library, researching and purchasing films for all departments.
4 years as clerk at SW Welch's Used and Rare Books.
Retouching portrait photographs with airbrush for Ima-Bella Studios, producing graphics for The Calgary Zoological Society. Teaching business English for Bouchereau Lingua.
Originated educational material for the Office of the Governor General of Canada, worked on set and costume design for children's and adult theatre in Calgary.
Member of the Writers' Guild of Canada, and the Quebec Writers' Federation.
Secretary for The Electronic Rights Defence Committee (ERDC).
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