Kevin Eastwood
Kevin Eastwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | Emily Carr University of Art and Design |
| Occupation(s) | Documentary filmmaker, film and television producer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | Wynn Deschner (2016-present) |
| Website | [1] |
Kevin Eastwood is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and film and television producer. He is best known for directing the Knowledge Network series Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH and British Columbia: An Untold History and the CBC Television documentaries Humboldt: The New Season and After the Sirens. His credits as a producer include the movies Fido, Preggoland and The Delicate Art of Parking, the television series The Romeo Section, and the documentaries Haida Modern, Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World and Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson.
Career
Eastwood started his film career in 2000 at the feature film production company, Anagram Pictures.[1] While at Anagram, he was associate producer on Andrew Currie's first feature, Mile Zero, and co-produced the comedies The Delicate Art of Parking and Fido and was the supervising producer on the CTV movie Elijah, about the life of Canadian Oji-Cree politician, Elijah Harper. He left Anagram in 2008 to be an independent producer and produced his first documentary, Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson directed by Trish Dolman which was released in theatres across Canada by Entertainment One. This started him on a course of alternating producing documentaries like Do You Really Want to Know? directed by John Zaritsky, and Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World directed by Charles Wilkinson, with dramatic projects like Preggoland directed by Jacob Tierney, and The Romeo Section from TV creator and showrunner Chris Haddock.[2]
In 2013, Eastwood directed Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH, an award-winning documentary series about the public healthcare system.[3] Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH brought record-breaking audiences to the Knowledge Network[4] and won Leo Awards for Best Documentary Series and The People's Choice Award for Favourite TV series.[5]
Since Emergency Room, Eastwood has directed
Personal life
Eastwood was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. His mother was a painter and his father a commercial artist. He started working in movie theatres and bought his first video camera when he was 15.[11] He studied film at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, making him the third generation in his family to go to art school.[12] He married his wife, Wynn Deschner, in 2016.
Filmography
Feature films
- Mile Zero(2001) - Associate Producer
- The Delicate Art of Parking (2003) - Producer
- Fido (2006) - Producer
- Crimes of Mike Recket (2012) - Executive Producer
- Preggoland (2014) - Producer
Documentary
- 12 Takes (2010) - Director (segment: Douglas Coupland: Pop Artist)
- Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson (2011) - Producer
- Do You Really Want to Know? (2012) - Producer
- Oil Sands Karaoke (2013) - Executive Producer
- Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015) - Executive Producer
- The Death Debate (2016) - Director/Producer/Writer
- Vancouver: No Fixed Address (2017) - Executive Producer
- After the Sirens (2018) - Director/Producer/Writer
- Humboldt: The New Season (2019) - Director/Writer
- Haida Modern (2019) - Executive Producer
- Part of the Pack (2022) - Producer
Television
- This Space for Rent (2007) - Co-Producer
- Elijah (2007) - Supervising Producer
- Confessions: Animal Hoarding (2011-2012) - Director
- Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (2014-2016) - Director/Co-Executive Producer
- The Romeo Section (2015-2016) - Co-Producer/Second Unit Director
- British Columbia: An Untold History (2021) - Series Director
- The Society Page (2024) - Director/Producer/Writer
Awards
Eastwood has won a
He has also been nominated for six
References
- ^ Marke Andrews (2016-04-19). "Profile: Kevin Eastwood, founder, Optic Nerve Films". Business in Vancouver.
- ^ Marke Andrews (2016-04-19). "Profile: Kevin Eastwood, founder, Optic Nerve Films". Business in Vancouver.
- ^ Marsha Lederman (2014-01-07). "A real-life ER pulls back the curtain on public health care". The Globe and Mailn.
- ^ Peter Darbyshire (2014-02-13). "Vancouver ER documentary series is the ultimate reality television". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07.
- ^ "The Filmmakers". Haidagwaii Film. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Humboldt The New Season". Academy.ca. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Adrian Mack (2018-04-07). "After the Sirens reveals hidden epidemic of PTSD among paramedics". The Georgia Straight.
- ^ "After The Sirens". Academy.ca. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Sabrina Furminger (2016-03-23). "'The Death Debate' examines Canada's right-to-die movement". Westender.
- ^ François Marchand (2012-04-13). "Vancouver fave Dan Mangan releases Dr. Strangelove-themed Post-War Blues video". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Marke Andrews (2016-04-19). "Profile: Kevin Eastwood, founder, Optic Nerve Films". Business in Vancouver.
- ^ "About Kevin Eastwood". OpticNerveFilms.ca. Optic Nerve Films. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Kevin Eastwood". Canadian Film Centre. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski (2015-05-01). "'Haida Gwaii' film wins top prize at Hot Docs". CTV news.
