Ervin Chartrand

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Ervin Chartrand
Born
Nationality Pine Creek First Nation, Canadian
Education University of Winnipeg (Bachelor of Arts, 2017)
Notable work504938C (2005)
First Stories: Patrick Ross (2006)
Awards2005 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

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]

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Personal life

Ervin 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

Chartrand 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

YearTitleRoleNotesReference
2005504938CDirector/Producer/Writer Winnipeg Film Group's First Film program short film [11]
2006First Stories - Patrick RossDirector/Writer NFB Prairie Centre: First Stories a competitive documentary production program. [12]
2007SisterDirector APTN’s Short Cuts program [11] [13]
2008If this Was RightDirectorMusic video with rap artist and CBC host Wab Kinew [14]
2011Life From 95Director/Writer/ProducerShort film [11]
2012FightDirector/WriterNFB Short film [15] [12]
2014 Lifer Director/WriterShort film [1]
2014TraffickingDirector/WriterShort film [1] [16]
2015Illusion DelusionDirector/WriterShort film [16]
2016Other Side of 49th: The Garry Sawatzky StoryDirector/WriterTV movie [10] [17]

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