ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
NANCE ACKERMAN - DIRECTOR
NANCE is a documentary photographer by trade and a filmmaker by choice. Nance started freelancing at Canada's National Newspaper, the Globe and Mail and then moved on to the Toronto Star, NYTimes, Canadian Geographic, the Montreal Gazette and now she works with the National Film Board of Canada and other production companies across the country. Her books and photographs have been shown around the world and her documentaries receive global critical acclaim. A director, cinematographer, editor and music composer, she works to create films that are experiential and cinematic. Her international photo workshops take students to some of the planet's most remote communities. In her spontaneous engaging way, she tries to connect people to create a more caring world.
A boutique, award-winning production house that sits near the North Atlantic ocean on Canada's east coast. Here, we create documentary films, shorts, web and commercial videos as well as soundtracks and music for the film and music scene. We take a project from idea to art and are inspired by the natural music around us. We offer a professional, creative experience for filmmakers, musicians and producers alike. If it's film direction, photography, cinematography, soundtrack composition, mixing and mastering that you want - we have it - all under one funky, modern seaside roof!
JAMIE ALCORN - SOUND AND MUSIC
Over the last 25 years, JAMIE has played guitar on some of Canada's largest stages. As one of Nova Scotia's premiere blues guitarists, he's shared the stage with such bands as Matt Minglewood, Downchild Blues Band, Lennie Gallant and Jeff Healey. He has recorded, produced and mixed the likes of the Rankins, Blue Rodeao, Cowboy Junkies, The Trews and Lenny Gallant. From playing blues to folk, celtic to rock, Jamie's eclectic style led him to collaborating with Nance on soundtracks for her documentaries and now they continue to create rootsy, haunting soundtracks for many of Nova Scotia's filmmakers and commercial production houses. With his amiable (read, nutty) personality, Jamie is a patient, creative and supportive sound engineer and producer in the recording studio and has produced such bands as: Floodland, Carson Downey and Lone Cloud