Colin Browne
Colin Browne is a Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker and academic. 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, 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. A longtime professor of film at Simon Fraser University, he launched the PRAXIS workshop for aspiring screenwriters and has been active in efforts to preserve and archive old and rare British Columbia films.
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Colin Browne
- Born
- 1946
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · screenwriter · writer · film director · historian · film scholar · filmmaker · essayist
- Fields
- poetry · essay · documentary film · film production
- Languages
- English
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Colin Browne is a Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker and academic. 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, 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. A longtime professor of film at Simon Fraser University, he launched the PRAXIS workshop for aspiring screenwriters and has been active in efforts to preserve and archive old and rare British Columbia films.
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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).
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is poetry, essay and documentary film. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vancouver.
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- 1.McNamara, Lynne. Vancouver film buff's passion is very old movies. Vancouver Sun. 2003-12-01.
- 2.Taylor, Noel. Jesus film leads Genies. Ottawa Citizen. 1990-02-13.
- 3.Horton, Marc. Local storytellers find a spot on short list: Sawai and Nikiforuk get the nod for Governor General's honours. Edmonton Journal. 2002-10-22.
- 4.Peary, Gerald. Aspiring screenwriters hope PRAXIS makes perfect A scenario for success. The Globe and Mail. 1988-07-01.
- 5.Andrews, Marke. Heritage moments may be fading for ever: The end?: Western Canada has no facility to store and preserve film and video -- yet. National Post. 1999-02-09.
- 6.Andrews, Marke. Garner's good nature moved director: Colin Browne made film with jazz man, not about him. Vancouver Sun. 2003-10-04.
- 7.35 books short listed for awards. Vancouver Sun. 2003-03-20.
- 8.Hinzmann, Christine. Geographies of a B.C. Book Prize winner. Prince George Citizen. 2013-05-10.
- 9.Local author's work on shortlist for national award. Omineca Express. 2008-07-15.
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