|
September
2007
 Jeff
Barnaby (Mi'kmaq) directs narrative fictions and music
videos. His short horror film From Cherry English was commissioned
by CBC Television and premiered in the United States at the 2005
Sundance Film Festival. From Cherry English won the Golden
Sheaf Awards for Best Aboriginal and Best Videography at the 2004
Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, along with the Outstanding
Short Award at the 2005 IMAGeNation Film Festival. His short horror
film, The Colony, shot on 35mm, will premiere at the 2007
Toronto International Film Festival. Barnaby was a post-production
supervisor for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
series Finding Our Talk. He is a script reader for Telefilm
Aboriginal Envelope, and has also read scripts for APTN. He has
volunteered at numerous indigenous organizations, including the
Kanawake Youth Centre and the Montreal Native Women's Shelter.
Barnaby received a BFA in film production from Concordia University.
Barnaby has worked as a teacher's assistant in film theory and
production courses at McGill University, Concordia University,
and Dawson College. He grew up in Listuguj First Nation and lives
in Montreal, Quebec.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Jeff Barnaby - photograph by Melissa Bisagni
|
 |
 |
|
|
