Colin Browne

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Colin Browne is a Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker and academic. [1] He is most noted for his documentary film White Lake , which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990, [2] and his poetry collection Ground Water, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2002 Governor General's Awards. [3]

A longtime professor of film at Simon Fraser University, [1] he launched the PRAXIS workshop for aspiring screenwriters [4] and has been active in efforts to preserve and archive old and rare British Columbia films. [5]

His other films as a documentarian have included Strathyre (1979), A Visit from Captain Cook (1980), Hoppy: A Portrait of Elisabeth Hopkins (1984), The Image Before Us (1986), Father and Son (1992) and Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye (2003). [6] As a poet, he has also been a two-time nominee for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, receiving nods in 2003 for Ground Water [7] and in 2013 for The Properties, [8] and a ReLit Award nominee in 2008 for The Shovel. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 McNamara, Lynne (1 December 2003). "Vancouver film buff's passion is very old movies". Vancouver Sun .
  2. ↑ Taylor, Noel (13 February 1990). "Jesus film leads Genies". Ottawa Citizen .
  3. ↑ Horton, Marc (22 October 2002). "Local storytellers find a spot on short list: Sawai and Nikiforuk get the nod for Governor General's honours". Edmonton Journal .
  4. ↑ Peary, Gerald (1 July 1988). "Aspiring screenwriters hope PRAXIS makes perfect A scenario for success". The Globe and Mail .
  5. ↑ Andrews, Marke (9 February 1999). "Heritage moments may be fading for ever: The end?: Western Canada has no facility to store and preserve film and video -- yet". National Post .
  6. ↑ Andrews, Marke (4 October 2003). "Garner's good nature moved director: Colin Browne made film with jazz man, not about him". Vancouver Sun .
  7. ↑ "35 books short listed for awards". Vancouver Sun . 20 March 2003.
  8. ↑ Hinzmann, Christine (10 May 2013). "Geographies of a B.C. Book Prize winner". Prince George Citizen .
  9. ↑ "Local author's work on shortlist for national award". Omineca Express . 15 July 2008.
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