November 2006
 Filmmaker
John Houston has directed
two experimental documentaries about Inuit cultural beliefs, Diet
of Souls and Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts, which
won the award for Outstanding Achievement in a Documentary at
the 2002 Directors Guild of Canada Awards. Houston has also directed
Songs in Stone: An Arctic Journey Home, about the Inuit
artists of Cape Dorset and his parents, Alma and James Houston,
who are widely recognized for their work in developing the art
market for Inuit sculpture and prints. Songs in Stone won
the Best Arts/Entertainment Award at the 2000 Yorkton Short Film
& Video Festival. He worked as first assistant director on
Carroll Ballard's Never Cry Wolf and several other productions
before making his own films. Houston is the owner of the Houston
North Gallery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He received his BA from
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Houston was raised
in Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut. He lives in Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
John Houston - courtesy of Triad Film Productions Ltd.
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